Lacuna: alternatives and connections

The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.

The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspers…

a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"

A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in…

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening…

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.

Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.

That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…

A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening betwe…

To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.

An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door…

of Hiatus

of Hiatus

A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.