cavernous

  • 41cavernous respiration — noun : a peculiar blowing respiratory sound heard over abnormal lung cavities * * * cavernous respiration, a hollow respiratory sound sometimes heard over a defective cavity in a lung …

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  • 42cavernous — containing cavities, e.g. the superrficial bones of the head in some species of Sciaenidae. The cavities may be empty or filled with mucus …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 43cavernous — adj. [L. cavernosus, full of hollows] Full of cavities or hollow spaces; divided into small spaces …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 44cavernous — adjective a) resembling a cavern; vast b) having many caverns …

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  • 45cavernous — Relating to a cavern or a cavity; containing many cavities. * * * cav·ern·ous kav ər nəs adj 1) having caverns or cavities 2) of tissue composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body… …

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  • 46cavernous —    Adjective used to describe a rock texture in which the rock contains openings generally of a small size [20].    Synonyms: (French.) caverneux; (German.) kavernös; (Greek.) speleothes; (Italian.) con grotte; (Russian.) kavernoznij; (Spanish.)… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 47cavernous — Synonyms and related words: abysmal, abyssal, boat shaped, boatlike, bottomless, bowl shaped, bowllike, cavelike, commodious, concave, concaved, craterlike, cup shaped, cupped, cymbiform, deep as hell, dish shaped, dished, dishing, dishlike,… …

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  • 48cavernous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hollow, gaping. See concavity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hollow] Syn. sunken, concave, deep set, deep toned; see hollow 2 , 3 . 2. [Large] Syn. deep, huge, wide; see broad 1 , deep 2 , large 1 .… …

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  • 49cavernous — cav·ern·ous || kævÉ™nÉ™s adj. hollow, sunken, deep set, yawning …

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  • 50cavernous — a. Hollow …

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