any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in sp…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Art and design, Human geography, Architecture.
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Outer space
any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth"
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a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Art and design, Architecture.someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.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…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Human geography.someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam";…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.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…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.drawing of an exterior of a structure
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.the face or front of a building
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.the face or front of a building
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.the face or front of a building
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Human geography.study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
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The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the terri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he exp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.A milestone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.(biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.; "The major minutia features of f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun,…
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