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Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..

Soul :: Soul (v. i.) To afford suitable sustenance.

Cock :: Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

Pleasure :: Pleasure (v. t.) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..

Merry-go-round :: Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses..

Luciferous :: Luciferous (a.) Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.

Evidential :: Evidential (a.) Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity..

Delightful :: Delightful (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

Stannine :: Stanniferous (a.) Containing or affording tin.

Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.

Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age..

Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..

Commodity :: Commodity (n.) That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc..

Remunerative :: Remunerative (a.) Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business..

Stack :: Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel..

Cover :: Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover..

Lodgeable :: Lodgeable (a.) Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.

Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.

Cat''s-eye :: Cat's-eye (n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl..

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