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Nave

The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Church 70% connected

A building set apart for Christian worship.

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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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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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Construction noun · 86% 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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Arbor noun · 78% connection

An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, center, wheel, spokes, radiate.
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Axle box unknown · 78% connection

A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, center, wheel, spokes, radiate.
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Axletree noun · 78% connection

A spindle or axle of a wheel.

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Block verb · 78% connection

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…

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Breasting noun · 78% connection

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circu…

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Breastwheel noun · 78% connection

A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…

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Bucket noun · 78% connection

One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddl…

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Cathode noun · 78% connection

The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the ele…

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, center, wheel, spokes, radiate.
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Crown wheel unknown · 78% connection

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, center, wheel, spokes, radiate.
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Cuttoo plate unknown · 78% connection

A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, center, wheel, spokes, radiate.
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Dish verb · 78% connection

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

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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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Epicycle noun · 78% connection

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

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