glasseye
Webster Dictionary
a fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike
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mural
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant
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wainscot
(wainscot, dado)
Princeton's WordNet
panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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dado
(wainscot, dado)
Princeton's WordNet
panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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trophoblast
(trophoblast)
Princeton's WordNet
the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall
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parietal placentation
(parietal placentation)
Princeton's WordNet
where ovules develop on the wall or slight outgrowths of the wall forming broken partitions within a compound ovary
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console
(console table, console)
Princeton's WordNet
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
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console table
(console table, console)
Princeton's WordNet
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
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roughcast
(ˈrʌfˌkæst, -ˌkɑst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall.
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pseudo-dipteral
Webster Dictionary
falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column
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great
Webster Dictionary
holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc
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bulge
Webster Dictionary
to swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges
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cordon
Webster Dictionary
the coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches
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tower
Webster Dictionary
a projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher
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bridge
Webster Dictionary
a low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall
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vauntmure
Webster Dictionary
a false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall
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inwall
Webster Dictionary
an inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace
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ch'in
(ʃɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a dynasty in ancient China, 221–206 b .c ., marked by the emergence of a unified empire and the construction of much of the Great Wall of China.
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gothic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital
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spur
Webster Dictionary
a wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall
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podium
Webster Dictionary
a low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall
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retaining wall
(retaining wall)
Princeton's WordNet
a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
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pise
Webster Dictionary
a species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work
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pickerel
Webster Dictionary
the glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye
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tentwort
Webster Dictionary
a kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall
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temple of jerusalem
(Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon)
Princeton's WordNet
any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
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temple of solomon
(Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon)
Princeton's WordNet
any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
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blastosphere
(blastula, blastosphere)
Princeton's WordNet
early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
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blastula
(blastula, blastosphere)
Princeton's WordNet
early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
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batardeau
Webster Dictionary
a wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall
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