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1 lacuna -- rank: 1000

lacuna definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a blank gap or missing part [syn: lacuna, blank] 2: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] Merriam Webster's noun (plural lacunae; also lacunas) Etymology: Latin ... L, = pool, f. lacus LAKE(1) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lacuna La*cu"na, n.; pl. L. Lacun[ae]; E. Lacunas ... Cobuild Dictionary (lacunae) If you say that there is a lacuna in something such as a document or a person's ...

2 Lagoon -- rank: 579

... Etymology: French & Italian; French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna pit, pool, from lacus lake Date: 1673 1. a shallow ... rain. Etymology: F lagune or It. & Sp. laguna f. L lacuna: see LACUNA Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lagoon La*goon", n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or ...

3 Gap -- rank: 352

... crevice, opening, chink, cranny, crack, interstice, breach, rift, break, hiatus, lacuna. Moby Thesaurus abysm, abyss, aperture, arrearage, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade ... inlet, interim, intermission, interruption, interspace, interval, intervale, joint, kloof, lack, lacuna, laying open, leak, letup, lull, lunar rill, missing link, moat ...

4 Lagoon island -- rank: 352

... Dictionary Lagoon La*goon", n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or ...

5 lagune -- rank: 352

... Dictionary Lagoon La*goon", n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or ...

6 Lacunose -- rank: 352

... Webster's 1828 Dictionary LACUNO'SE, a. [L. lacunosus, from lacuna, a ditch or hollow.] Furrowed or pitted. A lacunose leaf ... lacunosus full of holes or hollows; cf. F. lacuneux. See Lacuna.] (Biol.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacun[ae ...

7 Hiatus -- rank: 352

... of English Synonyms n. Opening, gap, break, interval, chasm, rift, lacuna. Moby Thesaurus aperture, arrearage, breach, break, broaching, caesura, cavity, cessation ... interim, intermediate space, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, jump, lack, lacuna, laying open, leak, leap, leeway, letup, lull, margin, missing link ...

8 Pocket -- rank: 223

... ionosphere, island, itsy-bitsy, jail, jetstream, keep, kennel, kill, kitty, lacuna, lade, lay hands on, lay hold of, leaguer, legislate, life ...

9 Pit -- rank: 223

... impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, keloid, kernel, kink, knub, lacuna, last home, lentigo, lightboard, linseed, lists, locale, loge, long home ...

10 Pause -- rank: 223

... interruption, interval, intervene, jam, jib, juncture, key signature, knock off, lacuna, lag, lagging, lapse, lay off, layoff, lead, let up, letup ...

11 outage -- rank: 223

... break, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, discontinuity, gap, hiatus, interval, lack, lacuna, missing link, need, omission, shortage, ullage, want, wantage

12 osteocyte -- rank: 223

... is characteristic of adult bone and is isolated in a lacuna of the bone substance

13 Outlet -- rank: 223

... hole, hollow, inlet, interchange, intersection, interval, issuance, issue, jailbreak, junction, lacuna, lane, laying open, leak, leakage, liberation, loophole, market, mass market ...

14 Orifice -- rank: 223

... foramen, gap, gape, gat, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, inlet, interval, lacuna, laying open, leak, opening, opening up, outlet, passageway, pore, slot ...

15 Omission -- rank: 223

... inexpiable sin, iniquity, injunction, injury, injustice, inobservance, interval, laches, lack, lacuna, laissez-faire, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, laxity, laxness, leaving ...