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Socket

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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Acetabulum 76% connected

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

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Alveolus 76% connected

A cell in a honeycomb.

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Receptacle 76% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

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Bone 70% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Incisura noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a notch or small hollow

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Acrodont noun · 78% connection

an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Alveolar adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Alveoliform adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Another pron. & a. · 78% connection

Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

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Bed verb · 78% connection

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a be…

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Beneficiary noun · 78% connection

One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Capstan noun · 78% connection

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Change verb · 78% connection

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Condition noun · 78% connection

That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should ta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opening, anything, fitted, hollow, place.
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Conveyance noun · 78% connection

The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is…

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…

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