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Mural

Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.

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Fresco 76% connected

A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Wall 66% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Brush verb · 78% connection

touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Charcoal noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Drafting noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Draftsmanship noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Drawing noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Fusain noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Linear perspective noun · 78% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Oil noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Oil color noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Oil colour noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Paint noun · 78% connection

a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form…

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Perspective noun · 78% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Pigment noun · 78% connection

a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form…

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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: pertaining, wall, growing, quadrant.
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Alidade noun · 78% connection

The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wall, growing, quadrant.
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Altimeter noun · 78% connection

An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.

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Antimeter noun · 78% connection

A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.

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Arc noun · 78% connection

A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

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Azimuth noun · 78% connection

The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

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Backstaff noun · 78% connection

An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so call…

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Batardeau noun · 78% connection

A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the…

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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…

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Bow verb · 78% connection

A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.

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Bulge verb · 78% connection

To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

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Bulkhead noun · 78% connection

A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall…

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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…

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Cordon noun · 78% connection

The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

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Countermure verb · 78% connection

To fortify with a wall behind another wall.

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Fall in verb · 78% connection

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

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Gastrula noun · 78% connection

An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one…

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