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Frontispiece

The part which first meets the eye

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Facade 76% connected

The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, thoug…

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Frontage 76% connected

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

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Frontal 76% connected

Belonging to the front part; being in front

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Architect noun · 78% connection

someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

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Architectural plan noun · 78% connection

scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence…

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Building noun · 78% 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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Construction noun · 78% 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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Designer noun · 78% connection

someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

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Division noun · 78% connection

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam";…

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Edifice noun · 78% 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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Elevation noun · 78% connection

drawing of an exterior of a structure

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form noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Infinite noun · 78% connection

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of…

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Kind noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Part noun · 78% connection

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam";…

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Aggression noun · 78% connection

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

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Apostle noun · 78% connection

The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first…

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Begin verb · 78% connection

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or cours…

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

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Clubroom noun · 78% connection

The apartment in which a club meets.

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Convener noun · 78% connection

One who convenes or meets with others.

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Curtate adjective · 78% connection

Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the dist…

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Early adverb · 78% connection

Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.

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End noun · 78% connection

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…

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Estuary noun · 78% connection

A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

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First-class adjective · 78% connection

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

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Flask noun · 78% connection

The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the c…

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Ftiction noun · 78% connection

The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motio…

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Hip noun · 78% connection

In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

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In preposition · 78% connection

With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.

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Lemniscate noun · 78% connection

A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbol…

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Liedertafel noun · 78% connection

A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.

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