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Nose opening
Answer for the clue "Nose opening ", 7 letters:
nostril
Alternative clues for the word nostril
Word definitions for nostril in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB fill ▪ An oily fish smell fills your nostrils . ▪ The sharp, acrid male smell which rose from his hot skin filled my nostrils . ▪ The smell of growing is everywhere, filling our nostrils with a kind of mist. flare ▪ ...
Usage examples of nostril.
Nicholson mentions a case of ulceration and abscess of the nostrils and face from which maggots were discharged.
The juice of the root is very acrid when sniffed up the nostrils, and causes a copious flow of water therefrom, thus giving marked relief for obstinate congestive headache of a dull, passive sort.
One treatment that was administered for nasal catarrh, from which I continued to be affected, caused erosion of the mucous membrane, and destruction of the bony septum which separates the two nostrils.
Red Indian chief in full war- paint, the lined lips compressed to a thread, eyes wrinkled, nostrils aflare, and the whole face lit by so naked a passion of hate that I started.
The electrical smell of the ship came into his nostrils, a brew of cooking oil, ozone, diesel fuel, cleaning solution, and amines, the perfume of it filling him with nostalgia.
His nostrils filled with the ammoniac stench of the pigs, his ears bombarded with their squealing.
Once Cormac had blown through his nostrils like a tracking hound, Samaire and Bas did the same.
His nostrils flared slightly each time the hated name was mentioned, but otherwise he executed well his role of bondsman, and it seemed as if this exchange were simply over his head.
With his sensitive nostrils it was not particularly difficult for Bozo to track the Yathoon and their beasts through the maze of the foothills which rose before the soaring rampart of the Black Mountains.
His jaw muscles bunch and his nostrils flare and pinch at a dreamed whiff of cadaverine breath.
Jim flared its cloggy nostrils at me and lowered its front from the overstuffed armchair.
The brocaded figure, cross-legged before the biggest pavilion, watched keepers and cowardies move about the tents and cages, listened to the soft animal sounds and breathed through bean-wide nostrils the pattern of smells that reveal the well-regulated menagerie.
We had reached the shore, warm, welcoming lights glowed from the dahabeeyah and the aroma of roasting mutton wafted to our nostrils.
He elbowed his son and nodded his head so vigorously that it seemed that the dewdrop must leave his nose for ever, but it stuck like gum, swinging backwards and forwards clanging against his nostrils.
Old Cooper who dealt with insurance came into the room at his doddery pace and looked at the mess with cross disgust and pinched nostrils.