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51yawn — [yôn] vi. [ME yanen, prob. merging OE ginian & ganian, to gape, akin to Ger gähnen < IE base * ĝhei , to gape, prob. echoic of the yawning sound > Gr chainein, L hiare, to gape] 1. to open the mouth wide, esp. involuntarily, and breathe in… …
52chaenactis — noun any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel shaped white or yellow flowers • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Chaenactis * * * kēˈnaktə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology …
53dehisce — v.intr. gape or burst open (esp. of a pod or seed vessel or of a cut or wound). Derivatives: dehiscence n. dehiscent adj. Etymology: L dehiscere (as DE , hiscere incept. of hiare gape) …
54hiatus — n. (pl. hiatuses) 1 a break or gap, esp. in a series, account, or chain of proof. 2 Prosody & Gram. a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in though oft the ear. Derivatives: hiatal adj. Etymology: L, = gaping …
55chama — I. ˈkāmə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin chama, chema cockle, fr Greek chēmē; akin to Greek chaskein to yawn, gape, Latin hiare more at yawn 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Chamidae) of eulamellibranchiate bivalve mollusks… …
56gant — I. ˈgant, ȧ , ȯ intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) ganten; perhaps akin to Old English gānian to gape, yawn, Latin hiare more at yawn chiefly Scotland : yawn II. no …
57hiant — /hīˈənt/ adjective Gaping ORIGIN: L hiāns, antis, prp of hiāre to gape …
58de|hisce — «dih HIHS», intransitive verb, hisced, hisc|ing. Biology. (of an organ, seed pod, or other enclosed process) to burst open along a definite line, providing for discharge of the seeds or other contents. ╂[< Latin dehīscere < dē away from +… …
59hi|a|tus — «hy AY tuhs», noun, plural tus|es or tus. 1. an empty space; space that needs to be filled; gap. A lost or erased part of a manuscript is a hiatus. »After the accident there was a hiatus of several hours in his memory of that day s events. There… …
