Crossword clues for vela
vela
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Velum \Ve"lum\, n.; pl. Vela. [L., an awning, a veil. See Veil.]
(Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
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(Bot.)
See Veil, n., 3
. (b) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
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(Zo["o]l.) A veil-like organ or part. Especially:
The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[ae].
A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
Wiktionary
n. (velum English)
WordNet
n. membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap [syn: partial veil]
membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap [syn: universal veil]
a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking [syn: soft palate]
[also: vela (pl)]
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Wikipedia
Vela is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis. With an apparent magnitude of 1.8, its brightest star is the hot blue multiple star Gamma Velorum, one component of which is the brightest Wolf-Rayet star in the sky. Delta and Kappa Velorum, together with Epsilon and Iota Carinae, form the asterism known as the False Cross. 1.95-magnitude Delta is actually a triple or quintuple star system.
Vela or Velas may refer to:
Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union.
Vela started out as a small budget research program in 1959. It ended 26 years later as a successful, cost-effective military space system, which also provided scientific data on natural sources of space radiation. In the 1970s, the nuclear detection mission was taken over by the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites. In the late 1980s, it was augmented by the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The program is now called the Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System ( IONDS).
Vela is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Ilidža.
The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船帆座 (chuán fān zuò), meaning "the sail constellation".
Usage examples of "vela".
They had to cross a few shifting currents before they found one coursing in the desired direction, but from that point on, they made smooth and steady headway toward the distant shore of Vela Oasis.
An apparently impenetrable layer of ice separated them from the liquid sea that might otherwise carry them toward Vela Oasis.
The Vela Oasis starport loomed before them like a great golden-spired city on the horizon.
Mariella Flaire was little in evidence during the rest of the flight into Vela Oasis.
By the time they landed on Vela Oasis, they had a new contract with Flaire and a tentative flight schedule.
The city of Carnelius on Vela Oasis was a noisy and exotic place, one that reminded Jael of the lore of the ancient Middle East on Homeworld Earth, long before Humankind had first set out for the stars.
In the shipdays following, they rigged down a long channel in the Flux, following a heavily trafficked pathway among the several worlds of the Vela cluster.
And so they had a voyage some seventeen days long crossing the few light-years that spanned the Vela cluster.
The time passed, and before they knew it, they had already made their call at Vela Delta Prime, where Ar looked up a Clendornan friend from his pre-rigging days and Jael spent a day sunning herself on the sandy shore of a warm, hissing ocean.
There was a bed in the corner of the room which Brianne had rushed from earlier, and Alena walked towards it, Vela and Jareth close behind.
I do not think Queen Vela would press her sodomite son into marriage, were there any other branches of the royal bloodline capable of producing a future heir to the kingdom.
Warmonger, you are under arrest by joint order of Queen Vela and King Cronel of Glacia.
Queen Vela had dull reddish hair, beady eyes, painfully gaudy taste in gowns, and seemed excessively fond of jewelry.
But before she could ponder the question, a door opened and Queen Vela swept into the room.
Moreya bowed her head, refusing to reward Vela with any outward reaction.