Building
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build |
Building
(n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. |
Building
(n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. |
Building
(n.) That which is built |
Design
(n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of |
Design
(n.) To mark out and exhibit |
Design
(n.) To create or produce, as a work of art |
Design
(n.) To intend or purpose |
Design
(v. i.) To form a design or designs |
Design
(n.) A preliminary sketch |
Design
(n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done |
Design
(n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end |
Design
(n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan |
Design
(n.) The invention and conduct of the subject |
Film
(n.) A thin skin |
Film
(n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. |
Film
(v. t.) To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. |
Love-making
(n.) Courtship. |
Making
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make |
Making
(n.) The act of one who makes |
Making
(n.) Composition, or structure. |
Making
(n.) a poem. |
Making
(n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition |
Making
(n.) External appearance |
Making-iron
(n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in. |
Making-up
(n.) The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof. |
Making-up
(n.) The act of becoming reconciled or friendly. |
Mischief-making
(a.) Causing harm |
Mischief-making
(n.) The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc. |
Money-making
(n.) The act or process of making money |
Money-making
(a.) Affording profitable returns |
Money-making
(a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim |
Prop
(n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props. |
Prop
(v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against |
Prop
(v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight |
Theatre
(n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators |
Theatre
(n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. |
Theatre
(n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like |
Theatre
(n.) A sphere or scheme of operation. |
Theatre
(n.) A place or region where great events are enacted |
| film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
interior decoration
interior design | the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
bodybuilding
anaerobic exercise
muscle building
musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
a mischief
mischief-making
mischievousness
deviltry devilry devilment
rascality
roguery
roguishness
shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making
tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
shipbuilding
ship building | the construction of ships |
devising
fashioning
making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking
movie making
film making | the production of movies |
design
designing | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan), he contributed to the design of a new instrument |
film editing
cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
| jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |
winemaking
wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
morale building
morale booster | anything that serves to increase morale, the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder |
slave-making ant
slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
airplane propeller
airscrew
prop | a propeller that rotates to push against air |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
building
edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place, there was a three-story building on the corner, it was an imposing edifice |
| building block | a block of material used in construction work |
building complex
complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
Capitol
Capitol Building | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet |
church
church building | a place for public (especially Christian) worship, the church was empty |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
design
pattern
figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
| design | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something, the design of a building |
dinner theater
dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission |
| diplomatic building | government building in which diplomats live or work |
double-prop
double-propeller plane
twin-prop
twin-propeller-plane | a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) |
| Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
| farm building | a building on a farm |
| film | a thin coating or layer, the table was covered with a film of dust |
| film photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives or transparencies |
| film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
| film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
home theater
home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
little theater
little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups |
| making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
movie projector
cine projector
film projector | projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures |
music hall
vaudeville theater
vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
| orthochromatic film | a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light |
| panchromatic film | photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) |