Obturator: alternatives and connections

A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor,…

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

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.

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdraw…

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, an…

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…

Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in whic…

A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the p…

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