1. A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
   - veil 
2. A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
   - soft palate

Derived forms: vela

See also: velar

Type of: flap, plant part, plant structure

Part of: palate, roof of the mouth

Encyclopedia: Velum

• frosted bat
• Frostian
• frostily
• frostiness
• frosting
• frostweed
• frostwort
• frosty
• froth
• froth at the mouth
• frothily
• frothiness
• frothing
• frothy
• frottage
• frotteur
• froufrou
• frow
• froward
• frown
• frown line
• frown on
• frown upon
• frowning
• styptic