orifice Definition
ori·fice (ôr′ə fis, är′-)
orifice Related Forms
or′i·fi′·cial (--fis̸h′əl) adjective
orifice Synonyms
orifice Usage Examples
Preposition: of
uterus: But this composition must touch the orifice of the uterus at a moment of extreme excitement.
Converse of object
- have: In fact considering where most Tories speak from it means they will have two orifices to spout their ridiculous policies from instead of one.
- include: Only £ 49 View details Solaria Junior Massage Table Portable, collapsible, it includes a respiratory face orifice.
Adjective modifier
- bodily: Anthony Gormley's figures Mold, Hole and Passage are amusing as they display their major bodily orifices to the world.
- various: Various orifices allow operator to choose degrees of dryness of fog.
- back: One well know program for this is ' Back Orifice ' .
- small: Eggs are expelled to the exterior through a muscular vagina, ending in the small orifice of the vulva.
- other: Perhaps it just, uh, came out your other orifices.
- urethral: The index finger of the non-dominant hand is inserted into the vaginal orifice and the urethral orifice is palpated on the anterior vaginal wall.
Modifies a noun
- plate: The traditional orifice plate has been for many years the standard measuring device for all systems.
- size: The valves come in four orifice sizes: 0.6mm, 1.0mm, 1.4mm and 2.0mm.
- meter: Air from the ambient passes through the test channel, an orifice flow meter and then is aspirated from a centrifugal blower.
- flow: It is a relatively complex network of ' common orifice flow ' components ( type 40 ).
- preprocessor: Overview The Snort Back Orifice preprocessor contains a buffer overflow that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Noun used with modifier
- body: Intimate samples include blood, semen or other bodily fluids, dental impressions or a swab from any body orifice other than the mouth.
- nozzle: Cone The more luminous part of a flame, which is adjacent to the nozzle orifice.
- jet: For cleaning of the jet orifice the striking pin can be moved sideways.
- valve: This is achieved by means of a counter balance chamber of similar area to the valve seat orifice.
- canal: The anesthetic is placed just as the nerve loops into the canal orifice.
- expansion: On its being exhausted this cooled air was utilized to extract heat from the portion to be expanded at an expansion orifice.
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