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n. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: "We are likely to be disconcerted by . . . hiatuses of thought” ( Edmund Wilson).

n. Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.

n. Anatomy A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.

n. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

n. An interruption, break or pause.

n. A vacation, break from work.

n. A gap in geological strata.

n. An opening in an organ.

n. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.

n. The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.

n. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm.

n. In anatomy, a foramen.

n. In grammar and prosody, the coming together of two vowels without intervening consonant in successive words or syllables of one word.

n. A space from which something requisite to completeness is absent, as a missing link in a genealogy, an interval of unknown history, a lost or erased part of a manuscript, etc.; a lacuna; a break.

n. Specifically, in logic, a fault of demonstration, consisting in the omission to prove some premise made use of, and not self-evident or admitted.

n. a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

n. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

n. a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

"Cleopatra _Cleopatra_ compatriot _compatriot_ gratis _gratis_ or _grahtis_ harem _harem_ or _hahrem_ heinous _hanous_ hiatus _hiatus_ implacable _implakable_ nape _nap_ née _na_ négligé _naglezha'_ patron _patron_ protégé _protazha'_ résumé _razuma'_ tenacious _tenashus_ tomato _tomato_ or _tomahto_ valet _va'la_ or _val'et_ vase _vas, vahz_, or _vaz_ veracious _verashus_ vivacious _vivashus_"

piece   

hiatus trapezii    hiatus fallopii   

opening    aperture    gap    chasm    break    lacuna    blank   

Pilatus    comitatus    status   

Olds    stint    reprieve    apprenticeship    sabbatical    sojourn    residency    tenure    warranty    setback