Word Meanings - GLOTTIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Related words: (words related to GLOTTIS)

• TRACHEA
  The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• PHARYNX
  The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• TRACHEARY
  Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheæ. -- n.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• TRACHEATE
  Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
• OPENLY
  1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson. 2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show
• OPEN-HEARTH STEEL
  See OPEN
• TRACHEARIA
  A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
• OPENER
  One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.
• OPENWORK
  A quarry; an open cut. Raymond. (more info) 1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
• OPEN DOOR
  Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. She of the open soul and open door, With room about her hearth for all mankind. Lowell. In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and commercial intercourse open to all upon
• OPEN-HEARTED
  Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton.
• TRACHEATA
  An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheæ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiæ.
• OPENBILL
  A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. , under Beak.
• OPEN VERDICT
  A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violent death without disclosing the cause.
• OPEN-AIR
  Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
• OPEN-HANDED
  Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill.
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• SCOLOPENDRINE
  Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
• TWOPENNY
  Of the value of twopence.
• PROPENSION
  The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
• COPENHAGEN
  A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. 2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
• REOPEN
  To open again.
• LARYNGOTRACHEAL
  Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.
• SCOLOPENDRA
  A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped. 2. A sea fish. Spenser.
• SLOPENESS
  State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton.
• WOPEN
  Wept. Chaucer.
• EYE OPENER
  That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or , a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.