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Vignette

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Exposure 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Photo 76% connected

A contraction of Photograph.

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Photograph 76% connected

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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Pic 76% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Sketch 76% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Sketch 92% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

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Topicalization noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic…

Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Art and design.
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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Brush verb · 78% connection

touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Charcoal noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Drafting noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Draftsmanship noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Drawing noun · 78% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Fusain noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Linear perspective noun · 78% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Oil noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Acroterium noun · 78% connection

One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are al…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Amplectant adjective · 78% connection

Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Amputate verb · 78% connection

To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Art form noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Band verb · 78% connection

In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Capreolate adjective · 78% connection

Having a tendril or tendrils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Cirrose adjective · 78% connection

Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Claspered adjective · 78% connection

Furnished with tendrils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Climb verb · 78% connection

To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surf…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Corbel noun · 78% connection

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Courser noun · 78% connection

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Creep verb · 78% connection

To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Creeper noun · 78% connection

A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Creeping adjective · 78% connection

Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Dogtooth noun · 78% connection

An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Encarpus noun · 78% connection

An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: running, ornament, consisting, leaves, tendrils.
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Festoon noun · 78% connection

A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in…

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