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Pop :: Pop (v. t.) To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts..

Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels..

Transom :: Transom (n.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion..

Archivolt :: Archivolt (n.) The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening..

Lid :: Lid (n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts..

Siemens-martin Process :: Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open..

Thoracotomy :: Thoracotomy (n.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy..

Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.

Exposedness :: Exposedness (n.) The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation..

Unbreast :: Unbreast (v. t.) To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom..

Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..

Piazza :: Piazza (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda..

Opening :: Opening (n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings..

Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

Aisle :: Aisle (n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open..

Lance :: Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess..

Professor :: Professor (n.) One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church..

Dehiscent :: Dehiscent (a.) Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant..

Guilloche :: Guilloche (n.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments..

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