APERTURAL Synonyms

• a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

• the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

• anything providing a means of access (or escape)

• a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

• a room that is entered via a door

• the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

• something that provides access (to get in or get out)

• a movement into or inward

• the act of entering

• attract; cause to be enamored

• put into a trance

• an item inserted in a written record

• the act of beginning something new

• a written record of a commercial transaction

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• something that provides access (to get in or get out)

• the act of entering

• a quantity that is added

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

• the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

• obtain

• win something through one's efforts

• derive a benefit from

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• rise in rate or price

• increase or develop

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• increase (one's body weight)

• a movable barrier in a fence or wall

• a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

• total admission receipts at a sports event

• passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

• supply with a gate

• control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

• restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

• an entrance that can be closed by a gate

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

• United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

• something crucial for explaining

• pitch of the voice

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

• a kilogram of a narcotic drug

• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• a list of answers to a test

• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

• serving as an essential component

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• provide with a key

• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

• regulate the musical pitch of

• harmonize with or adjust to

• the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

• the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening

• an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)

• the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water

• a person conceived as a consumer of food

• a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

• an impudent or insolent rejoinder

• the opening of a jar or bottle

• express in speech

• articulate silently; form words with the lips only

• touch with the mouth

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• a passage between rooms or between buildings

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

• sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

• an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

• the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

• (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

• located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

• put or turn on the left side, of a ship

• bring to port

• land at or reach a port

• turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship

• carry, bear, convey, or bring

• carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons

• drink port

• modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform

• a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)

• a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet

• a short vein that carries blood into the liver

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

• narrow