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orifice

noun as in opening

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That type is not nearly spooky or weird enough for a podcast episode, though, so the stuff I’m talking about this week is of the type that spiritualist mediums claimed to produce from various orifices in the early to mid 20th centuries.

So, as Tarshis said in a recent essay: Cosby “just found another orifice to use.”

They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.

You can read about the film's various sex scenes and orifice exploration right here.

Fasting in Islam means not putting anything in any orifice of the body.

At its orifice reappeared the gold, spouting up furious and fuming, as if insulted by the vile metal which confined it.

A crimson orifice was seen just back of the foreleg, which showed where the tiny messenger of death had entered.

One may take a sheep's bladder into the orifice of which a tube is fastened.

Captain Pond clapped a thumb over the orifice of his air-cushion, and heaved a sigh as he thought of Sergeant Fugler.

He found the hatchway too tight for comfort and had a moment of fear when his tool pack caught in the orifice, wedging him neatly.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orifice, such as: aperture, cavity, crack, hole, mouth, and outlet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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