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Farmstead :: Farmstead (n.) A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.

Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building..

Binder :: Binder (n.) Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building..

Frontispiece :: Frontispiece (n.) The principal front of a building.

Turret :: Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries..

Bossage :: Bossage (n.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape..

Messuage :: Messuage (n.) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household..

Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..

Building :: Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture..

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft..

Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble..

Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building..

Polystyle :: Polystyle (a.) Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall..

Stringed :: Stringcourse (n.) A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work..

Architect :: Architect (n.) A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed..

Fabric :: Fabric (n.) Framework; structure; edifice; building.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access..

Build :: Build (v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building..

Fencing :: Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.

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