Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
VEINS
Noun
veins
plural of vein
Verb
veins
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vein
Anagrams
• Nevis, Viens, Vines, snive, vines, visne
Source: Wiktionary
VEIN
Vein, n. Etym: [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
4. (Geol. or Mining)
Definition: A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
5. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. "Down to the veins of earth." Milton. Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins. Sir I. Newton.
6. A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
7. A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course. He can open a vein of true and noble thinking. Swift.
8. Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein. Shak. Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins. Bacon. Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein. Waller.
Vein, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Veined; p. pr. & vb. n. Veining.]
Definition: To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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