OSTIOLE Synonyms

• 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

• any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

• any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

• a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

• direct one's attention on something