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Admeasure
verb · 78% connection
To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Annex
noun · 78% connection
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Antonomasia
noun · 78% connection
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Architecture
noun · 78% connection
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Backhouse
noun · 78% connection
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Bay
noun · 78% connection
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, va…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Belvedere
noun · 78% connection
A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Capital letter
noun · 78% connection
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Chimney
noun · 78% connection
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending throug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Compose
verb · 78% connection
To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Court
noun · 78% connection
An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Dress
verb · 78% connection
To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Epigraph
noun · 78% connection
Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Floor
noun · 78% connection
The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Hospital
noun · 78% connection
A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.
Hypethral
adjective · 78% connection
Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: building, proper.