orifice
Plural: orifices
Noun
- A mouth or mouth-like opening, aperture.
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
- A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
- A stupid or objectionable person.
Examples
- He found a small ORIFICE on the board, just big enough to squeeze in a high-scoring word.
- the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; the vagina and other orifices
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).
Scrabble Score: 12
orifice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordorifice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
orifice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
orifice: valid Words With Friends Word