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Attic

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.

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Cockloft 76% connected

An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.

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Hayloft 76% connected

A loft or scaffold for hay.

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Haymow 76% connected

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

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Mow 76% connected

A wry face.

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Broader term 5

Floor 76% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Storey 76% connected

See Story.

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Story 76% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wall 76% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Containing whole 2

Entablature 70% connected

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

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House 70% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Synonym 8

Bean 92% connected

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

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Bonce 92% connected

A boy's game played with large marbles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dome 92% connected

A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

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Garret 92% connected

A turret; a watchtower.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ionic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

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Loft 92% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Noggin 92% connected

A small mug or cup.

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Noodle 92% connected

A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

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