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Quoin

Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Headstone 76% connected

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Keystone 76% connected

The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with ca…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Wedge 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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Building 70% connected

of Build

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Coigne 92% connected

A quoin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Corner 92% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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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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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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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Defence noun · 86% connection

a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"

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Drip noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Barrack noun · 78% connection

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Bay noun · 78% connection

A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, va…

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Bell crank unknown · 78% connection

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

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Bevel noun · 78% connection

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Bight verb · 78% connection

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Cant noun · 78% connection

A corner; angle; niche.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Clue noun · 78% connection

A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Coin noun · 78% connection

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Cord noun · 78% connection

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Diagonal adjective · 78% connection

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Eyestone noun · 78% connection

A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign sub…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: originally, solid, exterior, angle, building.
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Fillet noun · 78% connection

A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

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