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noun
adj
noun
adj
- Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
- of or pertaining to construction or architecture
- (geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.
- (biology) Structural.
- (figurative) Momentous, utter, vast.
- pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
noun
- an architectural product or work
- The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
- the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- (computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
- Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- The structure and design of a system or product.
- (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
- Any particular style of building design.
- A unifying structure.
verb
noun
- Alternative spelling of groyne.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
noun
name
noun
- (architecture) A cornice.
- A layer or stratum.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid.
- A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
- (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- (slang) Alternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
adj
- (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
noun
- (collective plural) People, persons.
- (music) Ellipsis of folk music.
- (collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- people descended from a common ancestor
- people in general (often used in the plural)
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
noun
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
verb
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
noun
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
adj
verb
noun
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
adj
- of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture
- Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek dialect group once spoken in the north-west of Greece.
- (music) Belonging to a certain mode of Ancient Greek music, the Dorian mode.
- Synonym of Dorian; of or relating to the region of Doris in Asia Minor or the Dorians
- Of or pertaining to the dialect of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland, predominantly Morayshire and Aberdeen areas.
- Relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity.
noun
name
noun
- (architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
- (philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
- (psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
- (history) The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
- (linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics.
- (social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
- a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
adj
- (architecture) Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
- (Canada) Of, from or relating to the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- Of, from or relating to the state of Victoria, Australia.
- (figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.
- Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.
- In a situation of poverty and social injustice; Dickensian.
- typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
- of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
name
noun
- (Canada) A native or inhabitant of the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- (chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
- A native or inhabitant of the state of Victoria, Australia.
- An item of furniture from that period.
- A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
- a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
noun
- (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
- the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
- the work of coating glass with metal foil
- (botany) the process of forming leaves
- (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
- (botany) The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the bud.
- The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments.
- The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
- (topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.
- (botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
- (publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination.
- (codicology, publishing) The numbering of the folios of a manuscript or a book.
- The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
- (geology) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of being divided into plates or layers, due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.
noun
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
verb
adj
- (architecture) Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
- (figurative) Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
- (linguistics) Of or related to Attic Greek.
- Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
- of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
name
noun
noun
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- a group that defends a principle
verb
noun
verb
adj
verb
noun
- (architecture) A foil.
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoiling (“the action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water”).
- The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
- (hunting) The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
- an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
verb
noun
- (architecture) A specific type of structure characterized by very large buildings with strictly artificial forms.
- A very large structure.
- (science fiction) A hypothetical structure not possible with current technology, e.g., a Dyson sphere.
- (uncountable) The large-scale structure of a material, as contrasted to the fine-scale structure.
noun
noun
- an architectural product or work
- The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
- the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- (computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
- Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- The structure and design of a system or product.
- (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
- Any particular style of building design.
- A unifying structure.
noun
name
noun
- (architecture) A cornice.
- A layer or stratum.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid.
- A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
- (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- (slang) Alternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
noun
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
verb
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
noun
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
adj
verb
noun
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
- (philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
- (psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
- (history) The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
- (linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics.
- (social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
- a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
noun
- (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
- the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
- the work of coating glass with metal foil
- (botany) the process of forming leaves
- (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
- (botany) The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the bud.
- The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments.
- The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
- (topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.
- (botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
- (publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination.
- (codicology, publishing) The numbering of the folios of a manuscript or a book.
- The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
- (geology) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of being divided into plates or layers, due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.
noun
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
verb
noun
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- a group that defends a principle
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (architecture) A foil.
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoiling (“the action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water”).
- The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
- (hunting) The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
- an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
verb
noun
- (architecture) A specific type of structure characterized by very large buildings with strictly artificial forms.
- A very large structure.
- (science fiction) A hypothetical structure not possible with current technology, e.g., a Dyson sphere.
- (uncountable) The large-scale structure of a material, as contrasted to the fine-scale structure.
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- Alternative spelling of groyne.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
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- Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
- of or pertaining to construction or architecture
- (geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.
- (biology) Structural.
- (figurative) Momentous, utter, vast.
- pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
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- (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
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- (collective plural) People, persons.
- (music) Ellipsis of folk music.
- (collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- people descended from a common ancestor
- people in general (often used in the plural)
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
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- of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture
- Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek dialect group once spoken in the north-west of Greece.
- (music) Belonging to a certain mode of Ancient Greek music, the Dorian mode.
- Synonym of Dorian; of or relating to the region of Doris in Asia Minor or the Dorians
- Of or pertaining to the dialect of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland, predominantly Morayshire and Aberdeen areas.
- Relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity.
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- (architecture) Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
- (Canada) Of, from or relating to the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- Of, from or relating to the state of Victoria, Australia.
- (figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.
- Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.
- In a situation of poverty and social injustice; Dickensian.
- typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
- of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
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- (Canada) A native or inhabitant of the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- (chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
- A native or inhabitant of the state of Victoria, Australia.
- An item of furniture from that period.
- A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
- a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
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- (architecture) Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
- (figurative) Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
- (linguistics) Of or related to Attic Greek.
- Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
- of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times