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Foundation :: Foundation (n.) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity..

Tabarder :: Tabarder (n.) A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard..

Airy :: Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.

Charterhouse :: Charterhouse (n.) A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.

Bed :: Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial.

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

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

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..

Substylar :: Substructure (n.) An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.

Footing :: Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Planting :: Planting (n.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Title :: Title (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title..

Applique :: Applique (a.) Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work..

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

Fund :: Fund (n.) A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc..

Scholarship :: Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.

Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

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..

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