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Architecture

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.

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Bailiwick 76% connected

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Profession 76% connected

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Tectonics 70% connected

The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are de…

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Corner noun · 86% connection

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

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Apse noun · 78% connection

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projec…

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Association noun · 78% connection

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a b…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, building, houses, churches, bridges.
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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

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Baptistry noun · 78% connection

In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteri…

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Basilica noun · 78% connection

A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is s…

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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…

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Caisson noun · 78% connection

A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.

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Calendar noun · 78% connection

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a regi…

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Civic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "ci…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, building, houses, churches, bridges.
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Civillty noun · 78% connection

A civil office, or a civil process

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Civily adverb · 78% connection

In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, building, houses, churches, bridges.
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Computer science noun · 78% connection

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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