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Cavity

Hollowness.

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Narrower term 31

Abdomen 76% connected

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains…

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Antrum 76% connected

A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus

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Archenteron 76% connected

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

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Armpit 76% connected

The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

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Axilla 76% connected

The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

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Blastocoele 76% connected

The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.

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Caecum 76% connected

A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.

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Chamber 76% connected

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Cloaca 76% connected

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

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Divot 76% connected

A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.

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Fossa 76% connected

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nost…

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Locule 76% connected

A little hollow; a loculus.

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Loculus 76% connected

One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

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Mediastinum 76% connected

A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavi…

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Pelvis 76% connected

The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.

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Pit 76% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Pocket 76% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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Pouch 76% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

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Quicksand 76% connected

Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of…

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Sac 76% connected

See Sacs.

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Sandpit 76% connected

A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

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Sinus 76% connected

of Sinus

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Socket 76% connected

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

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Trou-de-loup 76% connected

A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. T…

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Tympanum 76% connected

The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

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Vacuole 76% connected

A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical s…

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Ventricle 76% connected

A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambe…

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Vestibule 76% connected

The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

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Decay 76% connected

To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Carious 74% connected

Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

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Carious 74% connected

Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

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Containing whole 1

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Caries 92% connected

of Carib

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Pit 92% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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