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naris

n. a nostril

WordNet
naris
  1. n. any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx

  2. [also: nares (pl)]

Usage examples of "naris".

With only a few mutters, she let Naris complete the job, although little remained beyond stepping into her heavy woolen skirt.

So Aviendha was sitting on one of the padded benches, allowing Naris to comb out her hair, before Elayne could conclude on a simple gray in fine wool, embroidered in green on the high neck and the sleeves and trimmed with black fox.

Aviendha, who had motioned Naris and her comb away and was folding a dark gray scarf to tie her hair back, Elayne smiled herself.

Stroking the sleeves, she hesitated as if she might change her mind, but finally she let Naris do up the tiny pearl buttons.

Kelvan was engaged in combat with the scimitar-wielding assassin, and Sheeta and Naris were magically immobilized.

Essande returned, followed by Naris and Sephanie carring ropework trays, the one with a silver teapot in the shape of a lion and thin green cups of Sea Folk porcelain, the other hammered silver cups and a tall-necked wine pitcher that gave off the aroma of spices.

Itaque confessoribus effodiebantur oculi, amputabantur manus, nares vel auriculae desecabantur.

Knifelike wind whistled against his nares, chilling his sinuses, sharpening his mind.

His breath turned ragged through his nares as he struggled against fatigue.

The sun overhead scorched her outstretched wings and back, but the wind bit bitterly against her nares, her underbelly, and her foreclaws.

Skan's nostrils flared at the sound of her name, and his nares flushed a deep scarlet.

Gryphons were supremely sensitive to changes in the weather, and he knew by the feeling behind his nares and the way his feathers felt against his skin that they were going to have a real storm today.

He felt his nares flush with chagrin at being so caught in the creature's spell that he had completely missed something so obvious.

Skan’s nostrils flared at the sound of her name, and his nares flushed a deep scarlet.

But her look of rebuke followed by a glance at Keeth made Skandranon’s nares flush red with embarrassment.