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Astel
noun · 78% connection
An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Bay window
unknown · 78% connection
A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Bull's-eye
noun · 78% connection
A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Calcimine
noun · 78% connection
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc whit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Cap
noun · 78% connection
an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Catherine wheel
unknown · 78% connection
Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Ceil
verb · 78% connection
To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Ceiling
noun · 78% connection
an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Centrepiece
noun · 78% connection
An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Chimney
noun · 78% connection
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending throug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
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: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Companion
noun · 78% connection
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Cove
noun · 78% connection
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Cupola
noun · 78% connection
A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Distribution
noun · 78% connection
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
Dormer window
noun · 78% connection
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: window, placed, roof, building, ceiling.
