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Window

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

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Bay window 76% connected

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often…

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Clearstory 76% connected

Alt. of Clerestory

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Clerestory 76% connected

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

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Dormer 76% connected

Alt. of Dormer window

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Dormer window 76% connected

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, in which it is…

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Foreground 76% connected

On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and…

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Jalousie 76% connected

A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.

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Panel 76% connected

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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Porthole 76% connected

An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

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Rosette 76% connected

An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

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Skylight 76% connected

A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

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Transom 76% connected

A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar a…

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Gap 76% connected

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Pane 76% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Panel 76% connected

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Auto 70% connected

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Building 70% connected

of Build

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Bus 70% connected

An omnibus.

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Coach 70% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

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Double-decker 70% connected

A man-of-war having two gun decks.

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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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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Omnibus 70% connected

A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distanc…

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Case 70% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casing 70% connected

of Case

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Mullion 70% connected

A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.

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Pane 70% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Sash 70% connected

A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a…

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Windowpane 70% connected

See Pane, n., (3) b.

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Synonym 1

Windowpane 92% connected

See Pane, n., (3) b.

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Law 84% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

old norse everyday words 25% interchangeable

Historically connected with the idea of a wind eye.

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