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Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..

Water Table :: Water table () A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall..

Utility :: Utility (n.) Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism..

Subsequent :: Subsequent (a.) Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..

Subversionary :: Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution..

Fundamentally :: Fundamentally (adv.) Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.

Burse :: Burse (n.) A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries..

Subvert :: Subvert (v. t.) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Podium :: Podium (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers..

Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Groundwork :: Groundwork (n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

Couching :: Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through..

Roadbed :: Roadbed (n.) In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel..

Overturn :: Overturn (v. t.) To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building..

Droit :: Droit (n.) A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right..

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight..

Foundation :: Foundation (n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis..

Grounding :: Grounding (n.) The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis..

Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..

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