Definition of opening

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

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Physoclisti :: Physoclisti (n. pl.) An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.
Lecythis :: Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers..
Port :: Port (n.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening..
Hernia :: Hernia (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture..
Glade :: Glade (n.) An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice..
Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular..
Release :: Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Curb :: Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Tubulated :: Tubulated (a.) Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening..
Vulva :: Vulva (n.) The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs..
Glottis :: Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid..
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..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending.
Labium :: Labium (n.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope..
Pygobranchia :: Pygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris..
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