Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.
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 surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Art and design, Architecture.A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of bui…
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 art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of c…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.of Build
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Human geography.One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a chu…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade un…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Architecture.Belonging to the front part; being in front
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.The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its struct…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Human geography.
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The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; a…
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.A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
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.A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
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.of Fill
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…
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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.Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: location, outside, earth, atmosphere, astronauts.
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