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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Bung :: Bung (n.) The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca..
Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..
Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entranc.
Pore :: Pore (v.) One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc..
Subvaginal :: Suburethral (a.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice..
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..
Bung :: Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up..
Ostiole :: Ostiole (n.) Any small orifice.
Sourt :: Sourt (n.) A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture.
Sprit :: Sprit (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
Squirt :: Squirt (v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water..
Throat :: Throat (n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces..
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..
Bung :: Bung (n.) The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..
Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
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