first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
black-necked cobra spitting cobra Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
black-necked grebe eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck, found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States |
hatchway opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
orifice opening porta | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity, the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart |
possibility possible action opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
opening line | the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) |
opening | the initial part of the introduction, the opening established the basic theme |
opening opening night curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
opening | a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
opening gap | an open or empty space in or between things, there was a small opening between the trees, the explosion made a gap in the wall |
opening | opportunity especially for employment or promotion, there is an opening in the sales department |
opening | first or beginning, the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, the play's opening scene |
necked | having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination) |
decollete low-cut low-necked | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline, a low-cut neckline |
high-necked | (of a garment) having a high neckline, a high-necked blouse |
stiff-necked | haughtily stubborn, a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin |