N. hole,
foramen,
puncture,
perforation,
fontanel, transforation,
pinhole,
keyhole,
loophole,
porthole,
peephole,
mousehole,
pigeonhole, eye of a needle,
eyelet,
slot, opening, aperture,
apertness,
hiation,
yawning,
oscitancy,
dehiscence, patefaction|,
pandiculation,
chasm,
embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light,
lattice,
bay window, bow window,
oriel,
dormer,
lantern, outlet, inlet,
vent,
vomitory,
embouchure, orifice, mouth,
sucker,
muzzle, throat,
gullet,
weasand,
wizen,
nozzle,
placket,
portal,
porch, gate, ostiary|,
postern,
wicket,
trapdoor,
hatch, door,
arcade, cellarway,
driveway,
gateway,
doorway,
hatchway,
gangway, lich gate, way, path,
thoroughfare, channel, passage,
passageway, tube, pipe,
water pipe,
air pipe, vessel,
tubule, canal,
gut,
fistula,
adjutage,
ajutage,
ostium,
smokestack,
chimney,
flue,
tap,
funnel,
gully,
tunnel, main, mine, pit,
adit, shaft, gallery,
alley,
aisle,
glade,
vista, bore,
caliber,
pore, blind orifice,
fulgurite, thundertube,
porousness,
porosity,
sieve,
cullender,
colander,
cribble,
riddle, screen,
honeycomb,
apertion,
perforation,
piercing,
terebration,
empalement, pertusion|,
puncture,
acupuncture,
penetration, key,
opener, master key,
password, combination, passe-partout
V. open,
ope,
gape,
yawn,
bilge, fly open,
perforate,
pierce, empierce|,
tap, bore,
drill, mine,
tunnel,
transpierce,
transfix,
enfilade, impale,
spike,
spear,
gore,
spit,
stab,
pink,
puncture,
lance, stick,
prick,
riddle,
punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose,
unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open
Adj. open, perforated,
perforate, wide open,
ajar, unclosed, unstopped,
oscitant,
gaping,
yawning, patent,
tubular,
cannular,
fistulous,
pervious,
permeable,
foraminous,
vesicular, vasicular,
porous,
follicular,
cribriform,
honeycombed,
infundibular,
riddled,
tubulous,
tubulated, piped, tubate, opening,
aperient Int. open sesame
N. instrumentality, aid,
subservience,
subserviency, mediation, intervention, medium,
intermedium,
vehicle, hand, agency, minister,
handmaid,
midwife,
accoucheur,
accoucheuse,
obstetrician, gobetween,
cat's-paw,
stepping-stone,
opener, key, master key, passkey,
latchkey, "open sesame",
passport, passe-partout,
safe-conduct,
password, instrument, expedient, means
Adv. through, by, per, whereby, thereby,
hereby, by the agency of, by dint of, by virtue of, in virtue of, through the medium of, along with, on the shoulders of, by means of, by the aid of, with the aid of, per fas et nefas, by fair means or foul,
somehow, somehow or other, by hook or by crook
