Architecture

Zhiyu W. (China)
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  1. aquarium
    a tank or pool filled with water for keeping live fish
  2. architect
    someone who creates plans to be used in making something
  3. architecture
    the discipline dealing with the design of fine buildings
  4. archive
    a depository containing historical records and documents
  5. beam
    a long thick piece of material used in construction
  6. cabin
    a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
  7. castle
    a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
  8. cathedral
    the principal Christian church building of a diocese
  9. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  10. design
    the act of working out the form of something
  11. elevator
    lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
  12. mosque
    a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
  13. office building
    a building containing offices where work is done
  14. planetarium
    an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
  15. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  16. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
  17. skyscraper
    a very tall building with many stories
  18. sphinx
    a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head
  19. wing
    a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
Created on Thu Jun 02 03:19:19 EDT 2011

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