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Barbette

A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

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Hill 76% connected

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

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Mound 76% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

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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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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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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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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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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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Artillery noun · 78% connection

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of a…

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Bank noun · 78% connection

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…

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Banquette noun · 78% connection

A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

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Barrow noun · 78% connection

A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

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Battery verb · 78% connection

A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying…

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Burning noun · 78% connection

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

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Burnt p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- for…

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Defilement noun · 78% connection

The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the expo…

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Elevator noun · 78% connection

A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…

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Feu de joie unknown · 78% connection

A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

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Fire verb · 78% connection

To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

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Flat noun · 78% connection

A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.

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