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Word Meanings - PERFORATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon. 2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender perforations." Sir T. Browne.

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  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • APERTURE
    The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. Note: The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture,
  • OPEN SEA
    A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
  • MOUTHFUL
    1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
  • 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.
  • MOUTHED
    1. Furnished with a mouth. 2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide- mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed.
  • PERFORATION
    1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon. 2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender perforations." Sir T. Browne.
  • MOUTH
    An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. The opening or entrance of any
  • 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
  • OPEN-HEARTH STEEL
    See OPEN
  • OPENER
    One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • OPEN VERDICT
    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.
  • BUNGHOLE
    See SHAK
  • MOUTHPIECE
    1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. 2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or
  • OPEN-AIR
    Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
  • PROPENE
    See PROPYLENE
  • PROPENSE
    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
  • LOUD-MOUTHED
    Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
  • REDMOUTH
    Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
  • SPLAYMOUTH
    A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden.
  • FLAP-MOUTHED
    Having broad, hangling lips. Shak.
  • HOT-MOUTHED
    Headstrong. That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.
  • FOUL-MOUTHED
    Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.
  • FROGMOUTH
    One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus ; -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
  • SCOLOPENDRINE
    Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
  • TWOPENNY
    Of the value of twopence.
  • PROPENSION
    The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
  • 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.
  • FLUTEMOUTH
    A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

 

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