Definition of orifice

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Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound..

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Vagina :: Vagina (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Orthotropous :: Orthotropous (a.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Hemitropous :: Hemitropous (a.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.
Sourt :: Spurt (v. t.) To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth..
Ostiole :: Ostiole (n.) Any small orifice.
Gas-burner :: Gas-burner (n.) The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building..
Pore :: Pore (v.) One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..
Bung :: Bung (n.) The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
Coarctation :: Coarctation (n.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice..
Hydroscope :: Hydroscope (n.) A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube..
Orifice :: Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound..
Throat :: Throat (n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces..
Meatotome :: Meatotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.
Protrude :: Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth..
Foramen :: Foramen (n.) A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra..
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