Apron string () The string of an apron. |
Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord. |
Open (a.) Free of access |
Open (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like |
Open (a.) Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view |
Open (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted |
Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense |
Open (a.) Not concealed or secret |
Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc. |
Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted |
Open (a.) Free |
Open (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs |
Open (a.) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s. |
Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger |
Open (a.) Produced by an open string |
Open (n.) Open or unobstructed space |
Open (v. t.) To make or set open |
Open (v. t.) To spread |
Open (v. t.) To disclose |
Open (v. t.) To make known |
Open (v. t.) To enter upon |
Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact |
Open (v. i.) To unclose |
Open (v. i.) To expand |
Open (v. i.) To begin |
Open (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game. |
Open-air (a.) Taking place in the open air |
Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open |
Open-handed (a.) Generous |
Open-headed (a.) Bareheaded. |
Open-hearted (a.) Candid |
Open-mouthed (a.) Having the mouth open |
String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things |
String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession |
String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. |
String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin |
String (n.) The line or cord of a bow. |
String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant |
String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. |
String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. |
String (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off |
String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. |
String (n.) Same as Stringcourse. |
String (n.) The points made in a game. |
String (v. t.) To furnish with strings |
String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. |
String (v. t.) To put on a string |
String (v. t.) To make tense |
String (v. t.) To deprive of strings |
open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
Shirodkar's operation purse-string operation | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman, is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies |
apron string | (usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
beads string of beads | several beads threaded together on a string |
bowed stringed instrument string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow, the strings played superlatively well |
chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
drawstring drawing string string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
G-string thong | minimal clothing worn by stripteasers, a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
open-end wrench tappet wrench | a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
purse string | a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
shoelace shoe lace shoestring shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
string twine | a lightweight cord |
string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
string tie | a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
open surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings |
open interval unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
open letter | a letter of protest, addressed to one person but intended for the general public |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
open secret | something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known, their love affair was an open secret |
string | a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
open sesame | a magical command, used by Ali Baba |
open | a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play |
open-face sandwich open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
string cheese | cheese formed in long strings twisted together |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
second string | a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game |
string section strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
string quartet string quartette | an instrumental quartet with violins and a viola and a cello |
string orchestra | an orchestra playing only stringed instruments |
open house | an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers |
Open University | a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school |
open society | a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy), America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists |
open order | a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass |