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Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..

Rounded :: Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..

Fenestrule :: Fenestrule (n.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.

Glottis :: Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..

Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..

Valvular :: Valvular (a.) Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule..

Placket :: Placket (n.) The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

Slit :: Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear..

Bifid :: Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins..

Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..

Pore :: Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones..

Cranny :: Cranny (n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance..

Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Nephrostome :: Nephrostome (n.) The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Barb :: Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers..

Kilnhole :: Kilnhole (n.) The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.

Thermostat :: Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired..

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