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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: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Balloon
noun · 78% connection
A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; esp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Ballotade
verb · 78% connection
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Band
verb · 78% connection
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Basis
noun · 78% connection
The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Bowerbird
noun · 78% connection
any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Canopy
noun · 78% connection
A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Catbird
noun · 78% connection
An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Chasuble
noun · 78% connection
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Cippus
noun · 78% connection
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Cog
verb · 78% connection
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Columella
noun · 78% connection
An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Column
noun · 78% connection
A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Creep
verb · 78% connection
To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Decastyle
adjective · 78% connection
Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Epistyle
noun · 78% connection
A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Fauces
n.pl. · 78% connection
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
Floriated
adjective · 78% connection
Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothic pillars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: supported, ornamented, pillars, resembling, pillar.
