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Sluice :: Sluice (n.) Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it..

Venesection :: Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.

Colotomy :: Colotomy (n.) An operation for opening the colo.

Gastrostomy :: Gastrostomy (n.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food..

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

Gap :: Gap (v. t.) To make an opening in; to breach.

Crack :: Crack (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass..

Occlusion :: Occlusion (n.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

Kindergarten :: Kindergarten (n.) A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden..

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Purse :: Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..

By-lane :: By-lane (n.) A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road..

Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.

Label :: Label (n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration..

Mesh :: Mesh (n.) The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net..

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.

Chimney-piece :: Chimney-piece (n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.

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