slits
Long thin cuts
Slits is the plural of slit—a long, narrow cut or opening.
A skirt may have slits for ease of movement.
Eyes narrow to slits when squinting or suspicious.
As a verb form, slits means makes such cuts: She slits the envelope open with a knife.
The word sometimes appears in vulgar slang as a crude term for female genitalia.
Narrow elongated openings
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
- aperturesHoles or gaps
- ventsOpenings for airflow
- cracksNarrow surface breaks
crevices · fissures · chinks · peepholes · keyholes · loopholes · mail slot · blinds
slots
Narrow elongated openings
cracks · crevices · fissures · chinks · peepholes · keyholes · loopholes · mail slot · blinds · letterbox
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
nick · score · snip · laceration · wound · pierce · stab · razor · blade · paper cut
thigh-high
Reaching upper leg level
fashion · provocative · revealing · tailoring · modesty
- tapestryweaving, warp, wall hangings, weft, loom
- Neural ProteinsBDNF, beta-amyloid, prion, parkin, bassoon
- spectroscopy suppliescuvettes, gratings, detectors, photodetectors, PMT
- piesapple pie, pie, cherry pie, blueberry pie, cream pie
- signaling moleculeshormones, neurotransmitters, histamine, growth factors, prostaglandins
slitscircles
Equidistant curves from centers
holes · portholes · dots · punctures · perforations
slitssolid surface
Tangible, unyielding plane
unbroken · intact · whole · sealed · continuous
- side slits
- slit skirtGarment with vertical opening
- arrow slitsNarrow openings for archers
- double slitTwo narrow parallel openings
- slit pupilsElongated eye openings
- gill slitsRespiratory openings in fish