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Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion..

Fatiscence :: Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures..

Megastome :: Megastome (n.) One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth..

Trompil :: Trompil (n.) An aperture in a tromp.

Fenestra :: Fenestra (n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear..

Imperforated :: Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Exostome :: Exostome (n.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..

Labrum :: Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Labium :: Labium (n.) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting..

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall..

Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..

Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda..

Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..

Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

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