dehiscence
(dehiscence)
Princeton's WordNet
(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
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principal
Webster Dictionary
in English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason
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expand
Webster Dictionary
to lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves
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lantern
Webster Dictionary
a cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns
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campaign
Webster Dictionary
an open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign
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glade
Webster Dictionary
an open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest
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place
Webster Dictionary
a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end
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airless
Webster Dictionary
not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air
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airometer
Webster Dictionary
a hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water
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dutch oven
(ˈdʌtʃ mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a metal utensil, open in front, for roasting before an open fire.
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atrium
Webster Dictionary
an open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery
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serenade
Webster Dictionary
music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies
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cresset
Webster Dictionary
an open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions
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franklin stove
Webster Dictionary
a kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves
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unlock
Webster Dictionary
to open, in general; to lay open; to undo
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siemens-martin process
Webster Dictionary
see Open-hearth process, etc., under Open
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unseam
Webster Dictionary
to open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open
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ali baba
(ˈɑ li ˈbɑ bɑ, ˈæl i ˈbæb ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the poor woodcutter, hero of a tale in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who uses the magic words “Open sesame” to open the door to the cave in which the Forty Thieves have hidden their treasure.
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piracy
Webster Dictionary
robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land
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free
Webster Dictionary
thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school
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paradise
Webster Dictionary
an open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc
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loid
(ɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to open (a locked door) by sliding a thin piece of celluloid or plastic between the door edge and the frame to force open a spring lock.
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ajar
(əˈdʒɑr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open.
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prairie star
(prairie star, Lithophragma parviflorum)
Princeton's WordNet
plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
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lithophragma parviflorum
(prairie star, Lithophragma parviflorum)
Princeton's WordNet
plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
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mountain four o'clock
(mountain four o'clock, Mirabilis oblongifolia)
Princeton's WordNet
leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
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mirabilis oblongifolia
(mountain four o'clock, Mirabilis oblongifolia)
Princeton's WordNet
leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
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campestrian
Webster Dictionary
relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground
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unfold
Webster Dictionary
to open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
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burst
Webster Dictionary
to break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors
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