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Dripstone

A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.

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Broader term 1

Drip 76% connected

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stalactite 70% connected

A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or…

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Stalagmite 70% connected

A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of o…

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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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Attic noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

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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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Entablature noun · 86% connection

(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof

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Pinnacle noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower

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Quoin noun · 86% connection

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

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Squinch noun · 86% connection

a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

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Vaulting noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"

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Bridge noun · 85% 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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Construction noun · 85% 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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Span noun · 85% 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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Structure noun · 85% 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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Building noun · 84% 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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Edifice noun · 84% 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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Altar noun · 84% connection

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

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Arcade noun · 84% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Area noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Aerolite noun · 78% connection

A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

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Agalmatolite noun · 78% connection

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…

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Ammonite noun · 78% connection

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having ex…

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Apron noun · 78% connection

A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.

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Ashler noun · 78% connection

Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.

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Astroite noun · 78% connection

A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.

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Basanite noun · 78% connection

Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…

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Baste verb · 78% connection

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

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Beak noun · 78% connection

A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

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Bondstone noun · 78% connection

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

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Conglomerate noun · 78% connection

A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argill…

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Corona noun · 78% connection

The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of…

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Coussinet noun · 78% connection

A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.

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