semiopen

In response, some agencies turned to "semiopen" adoptions, in which the birth and adoptive parents might exchange letters and first names and the child has the prospect of getting detailed information about his or her birthparents at age 18.

The Politics Of Adoption 2008

I stepped into the semiopen air of the parking garage, muggy air pressing at my face and the back of my neck.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

I stepped into the semiopen air of the parking garage, muggy air pressing at my face and the back of my neck.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

I stepped into the semiopen air of the parking garage, muggy air pressing at my face and the back of my neck.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

Her equipages were the huge family coach in which she had traveled to Voronezh, a semiopen trap, and a baggage cart.

War and Peace 2003

If a mental health clinician is available during the critical time he or she must take actions to which therapists are generally adverse, such as, outreach, home visits, lengthy and irregular sessions, and extended family network treatment to draw in potentially helpful relatives who can be valuable when the potential convert is still semiopen and vulnerable.

Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986

As he came close, Nicholas saw that something had been done to his right eye for the lid was permanently locked in a semiopen position and the gleaming orb within, though his own and not a piece of glass, was clouded and milky like a damaged agate.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Her equipages were the huge family coach in which she had traveled to Voronezh, a semiopen trap, and a baggage cart.

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

2. New Hampshire has semiopen primaries, which means independents can register with a new party on primary day and choose a Republican or Democratic candidate.

Slate Magazine David Weigel 2011