Foramen
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an opening, an orifice; a short passage.
Hiatus
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A gap in a series, making it incomplete.A gap in a series, making it incomplete.# A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)# The condition of having such a break.#: Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.A gap in geological strata.An opening in an organ.An interruption, break or pause.A vacation, break from work.
Example sentence: Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship.