English words for 'Having pillars.'
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- The base of a pillar.
- (historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
- (now British dialectal) An ice skate.
- Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- (now historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
- footwear usually with wooden soles
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- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The snipe itself.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
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- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
- (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
- Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
- A small ring.
- molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring
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- (architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
- (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race; the handicap.
- (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
- money collected under a tariff
- the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs
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- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a support or foundation
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
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- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
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- the keystone of an arch
- The keystone of an arch.
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
- A wedge used in typesetting.
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- the keystone of an arch
- The keystone of an arch.
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
- (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
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- (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.
- (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
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- (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
- (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
- (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
- (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.
- grow and spread fast
- pick or gather mushrooms
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- The keystone of an arch.
- (geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
- Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.
- (zootomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
- any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
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- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
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- (figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence.
- (by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
- (bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.
- (figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
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- (transitive, obsolete except British, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
- To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
- (intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
- To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
- (intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
- (transitive) To move (a large, hulking body).
- appear very large or occupy a commanding position
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- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
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- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
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- of Saturn's moon Atlas
- Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
- (figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
- (figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
- Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
- Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
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- (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- A strainer or colander for liquids
- A sieve.
- (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- A young herring.
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- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
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- The base of a pillar.
- (historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
- (now British dialectal) An ice skate.
- Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- (now historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
- footwear usually with wooden soles
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- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The snipe itself.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
noun
- (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
- (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
- Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
- A small ring.
- molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring
noun
- (architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
- (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race; the handicap.
- (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
- money collected under a tariff
- the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs
noun
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a support or foundation
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
noun
noun
- the keystone of an arch
- The keystone of an arch.
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
- A wedge used in typesetting.
verb
noun
- the keystone of an arch
- The keystone of an arch.
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
- (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.
- (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
- (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
- (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
- (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.
- grow and spread fast
- pick or gather mushrooms
noun
- The keystone of an arch.
- (geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
- Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.
- (zootomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
- any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
noun
- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
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noun
- (figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence.
- (by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
- (bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.
- (figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
verb
- (transitive, obsolete except British, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
- To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
- (intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
- To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
- (intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
- (transitive) To move (a large, hulking body).
- appear very large or occupy a commanding position
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noun
- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
verb
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
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- of Saturn's moon Atlas
- Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
- (figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
- (figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
- Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
- Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
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noun
- (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- A strainer or colander for liquids
- A sieve.
- (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- A young herring.
verb
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
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noun
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
verb
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
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- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault