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Answer for the clue "A long narrow opening ", 8 letters:
scissure

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Word definitions for scissure in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scissure \Scis"sure\, n. [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. --Hammond.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long narrow opening [syn: crack , cleft , crevice , fissure ]

Usage examples of scissure.

Its energies poured into the sensory scissures of my being, but I gripped and contained them.

A climb and a surge, a leap through the scissure in space, out into the known, beautiful, empty universe.