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Passageway

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

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Aisle 76% connected

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper w…

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Arcade 76% connected

A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as a…

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Canal 76% connected

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Corridor 76% connected

A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Duct 76% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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Esophagus 76% connected

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

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Fauces 76% connected

The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauc…

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Fistula 76% connected

A reed; a pipe.

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Gallery 76% connected

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by…

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Gangway 76% connected

A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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Gorge 76% connected

The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

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Gullet 76% connected

The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

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Heading 76% connected

of Head

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Meatus 76% connected

A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

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Oesophagus 76% connected

Alt. of Oesophageal

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Orifice 76% connected

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

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Porta 76% connected

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

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Shaft 76% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Shunt 76% connected

To shun; to move from.

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Sinus 76% connected

of Sinus

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Sinusoid 76% connected

The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of…

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Tunnel 76% connected

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a fun…

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Structure 76% connected

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

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Passage 92% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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