opening
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opening |
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a leg up, abysm, abyss, access, adit, air lock,
aisle, alley, alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appearance, appearing, appointment, approach, arcade, arising, arroyo, artery,
avatar, avenue, bareness,
barrenness, beginning, berth,
billet, birth, blankness,
blast-off, bleakness, blowhole, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chance,
channel, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chute, clear stage, cleft, cleuch, cloister, clough,
col, colonnade, coming-forth,
coming, coming into being, commencement, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, coulee, couloir, covered way, crack, cranny, creation, crevasse, crevice, cut, cutting edge, cwm, dawn, dawning, debouch, debut, defile, dell, demonstration, desertedness, desolateness, dike, disclosure, discontinuity, display, ditch, donga, door, draw, edge, egress, emergence, employment, emptiness,
emunctory, enactment, engagement,
entrance, entranceway, entree,
entry, entryway, epiphany,
escape, establishment, estuary, excavation, exhaust, exhibit, exhibition, exit,
exposition, exposure, fair field,
fair game, fault, ferry, fissure, flaw, floodgate, flume, flying start,
foothold, ford, forthcoming, foundation, fracture, fresh start, furrow, gallery, gangplank, gangway, gap, gape, gash,
gig, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hall, hole, hollowness, in, inanition, inauguration, incarnation, incision, incumbency, ingress, initiation, inlet, institution, intake, interchange, intersection, issuance, job, joint, jump-off, junction, kick-off,
kloof, lane, launch,
leading edge, leak, liberty,
look-in, loophole, manifestation,
materialization, materializing, means of access,
moat, moonlighting, new departure,
noninhabitance, nonoccupance, nonoccupancy, nonresidence, notch, nullah, occasion, occurrence, office, oncoming, onset, open arms, open door, opportunism, opportunity,
orifice, origin, origination, ostentation, out, outbreak, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, outset, outstart, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, performance, pit, place,
place open, pore, port,
portico, position, post, presentation, presentment, production, projection, railroad tunnel,
ravine, realization, rent, representation, retrospective, revelation, rift, rime,
rise, rising, room, running start, rupture, sally port, scissure, scope, seam, second job, send-off, separation, service, setout, setting-up,
setting in motion, shot, show,
showing, showing forth, situation,
slit, slot, sluice, spiracle, split, spout, square one, squeak, start-off, start, starting point, station, stepping-stone, take-off, tap, tenure, theophany, time, traject, trajet, trench, tunnel, underpass, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, vacancy, vacant post, vacuity, valley, varnishing day, vent, ventage, venthole, vernissage, vestibule,
void, voidness, vomitory,
wadi, way, way in,
way out, weir
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eye-opening |
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amazing, apocalyptic, astonishing, astounding, betraying, breathtaking, confounding, disclosing, disclosive, exposing, mind-boggling, overwhelming, revealing, revelational, revelatory, showing, spectacular, staggering, startling, stunning, surprising, talkative
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opening move |
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alpha, breaking-in, first,
first blush, first glance, first impression,
first inning, first lap, first move, first round, first sight, first stage, first step, gambit, initial, initiative, le premier pas, prime, primitiveness, primitivity, warming-up
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Main entries similar to: opening
abyss, access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley, alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appointment, approach, arcade, artery, avatar, avenue, beginning, berth, billet, birth, blast off, blowhole, breach,
break, canyon, cavity, chance, channel, chap, chasm, check,
chimney, chink, chute, clearing, cleft, cloister, col, colonnade, coming, commencement, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, crack, cranny, creation, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dawn, defile,
dell, demonstration, dike, disclosure, discontinuity, display, ditch, door,
draw, edge, egress, emergence, employment, emptiness, enactment, engagement, entrance, entree, entry, epiphany, escape, establishment, estuary, excavation, exhaust, exhibit, exhibition, exit, exposition, exposure, fair game, fault, fenestra, ferry, first, fissure,
flaw, floodgate, flume, flying start, ford, forthcoming, foundation, fracture, fresh start, furrow, gallery, gangplank, gangway, gap, gape, gash, gat, gate, genesis, gig, gorge,
groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hall, hiatus, hole, hollow,
in, incarnation, incision, incumbency, ingress, initial, inlet, institution, intake, interchange, intersection, interval, introductory, job, joint, junction, lacuna, lane,
launch, leak, liberty, look, loophole, manifestation, materialization, moat, moonlighting, mouth, nonoccupancy, nook, notch, occasion, occurrence, office, oncoming, onset, open door, opportunity, orifice, origin, origination, ostentation, out, outbreak, outcome, outlet, outset, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, performance, place, pore, port, portico,
position, post, prefatory, preliminary, premiere, preparatory, presentation, presentment, preview, production, projection, puncture, ravine, realization, reception, rent, representation, retrospective, revelation, rift, rime, rise, rising,
room, running start, rupture, scissure, scope, seam, send off, service, shot, show, showing, situation, slit,
slot, sluice, source, space, spiracle, split, spout, squeak,
start, starting point, station, stepping stone, takeoff, tap, tenure, theophany,
time, trench, tunnel, underpass, unfolding, unveiling, vacancy, valley, vent, vestibule, void, vomitory, wadi,
way, way out, weir, yawn
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