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Word Meanings - INGRESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. (more info) 1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means

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The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. (more info) 1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

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  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • OPEN SEA
    A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
  • PORCH
    A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk.
  • OPEN
    1. 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
  • OPEN-MOUTHED
    Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
  • ADMISSION
    Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. 5. A fact, point, or statement admitted;
  • OPENLY
    1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson. 2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show
  • COMMENCEMENT
    1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginnig; start. The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history." 2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges
  • OPEN-HEARTH STEEL
    See OPEN
  • PORTAL
    The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. 4. A prayer book or breviary; a portass. Portal bracing , a combination of struts and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at a portal,
  • ENTRYNG
    Am entrance. So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer.
  • OPENER
    One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.
  • INGRESS
    The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. (more info) 1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means
  • OPENWORK
    A quarry; an open cut. Raymond. (more info) 1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
  • OPEN DOOR
    Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. She of the open soul and open door, With room about her hearth for all mankind. Lowell. In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and commercial intercourse open to all upon
  • OPEN-HEARTED
    Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton.
  • INTRODUCTION
    1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book
  • OPENBILL
    A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. , under Beak.
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    A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violent death without disclosing the cause.
  • OPEN-AIR
    Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
  • CENTRY
    See GRAY
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    gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak. 2. People
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    1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
  • PROPENE
    See PROPYLENE
  • FINLET
    A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.
  • PROPENSE
    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
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    Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.
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    Silver plate or vessels. Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell.
  • SCOLOPENDRINE
    Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
  • TWOPENNY
    Of the value of twopence.
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    The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
  • SPORTAL
    Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports. "Sportal arms." Dryden.
  • OUTSENTRY
    A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.
  • STUDENTRY
    A body of students.
  • COPENHAGEN
    A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. 2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

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