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Bascule

In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 76% connected

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

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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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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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Corner noun · 86% connection

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

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Autocracy noun · 78% connection

The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

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Baroscope noun · 78% connection

Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…

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Bench noun · 78% connection

A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.

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Crossruff noun · 78% connection

The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

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Cyclopaedia noun · 78% connection

The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…

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Dephlegmator noun · 78% connection

An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the…

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Doctrine noun · 78% connection

That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…

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Dynamics noun · 78% connection

That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their mot…

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Extract noun · 78% connection

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

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Fair noun · 78% connection

A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural f…

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Fall verb · 78% connection

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…

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Fluid mechanics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Hydrodynamics noun · 78% connection

That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action…

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Hydromechanics noun · 78% connection

That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.

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