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| coelenterate |
any of numerous invertebrate animals that have tentacles around the oral opening and a single internal cavity for various bodily functions, such as the jellyfishes, anemones, and corals. |
| colostomy |
a surgical opening cut into the colon to allow excretion, usu. made when the rectum is blocked or after surgery for colon cancer. |
| composter |
a bin or similar large container with an opening at the top and near the bottom, used to create compost from food scraps, garden waste, and certain types of paper and other organic material. [1/2 definitions] |
| crack |
a narrow opening. [1/15 definitions] |
| cranny |
a small opening in a wall, rock, or other solid mass; crack or crevice. |
| crevice |
a narrow opening, as in vertical rock or a wall; crack; fissure. |
| curtain |
a piece of cloth hung in a window, archway, or other opening for decoration, to shut out light or to conceal something. [1/7 definitions] |
| Dies Irae |
(Latin) a medieval hymn, and its opening words, describing the Judgment Day. |
| dive |
to plunge into an opening, as a person into a doorway or a hand into a receptacle. [1/12 definitions] |
| dolman sleeve |
a sleeve with a deep armhole that tapers to a fitted opening at the wrist or forearm. |
| door |
an opening, esp. in a room or building, through which one enters or leaves; entryway. [2/5 definitions] |
| dovetail |
something resembling a dove's tail in shape, esp. a wedge-shaped part, or tenon, that protrudes from one piece of wood and fits snugly into a wedge-shaped opening, or mortise, in another piece of wood, forming a joint. [1/5 definitions] |
| drawstring |
a cord or the like that is drawn through a sewn channel in fabric and pulled so as to tighten or close an opening, as of pants, a bag, or the like. |
| earplug |
a rubber or plastic plug that fits into the ear opening to deaden sound or keep out water. |
| effuse |
to flow out of a small opening, as a gas or other fluid. [1/4 definitions] |
| embouchure |
the opening out of a valley into a flatland. [1/4 definitions] |
| embrasure |
an opening for a door or window splayed toward the interior. [2 definitions] |
| en garde |
on guard (French); the opening position in fencing from which one must either attack or defend. [1/2 definitions] |
| enterostomy |
a surgical opening made through the abdominal wall into an intestine. |
| equinoctial |
of a flower, opening each day at a specific time. [1/5 definitions] |
| excavation |
an opening or cavity made by digging. [1/2 definitions] |
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