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Brattice

A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

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Divider 76% connected

One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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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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Aisle noun · 78% connection

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Cabling noun · 78% connection

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of…

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Camonflet noun · 78% connection

A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Cave in verb · 78% connection

break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Close verb · 78% connection

Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Collar noun · 78% connection

A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Countershaft noun · 78% connection

An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Crack noun · 78% connection

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in t…

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Crank noun · 78% connection

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Drift noun · 78% connection

A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, separation, shaft, gallery, ventilation.
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Drum noun · 78% connection

One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circ…

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Eccentric noun · 78% connection

A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating…

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Exile noun · 78% connection

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separa…

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