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Blocklike — Block like , a. Like a block; stupid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blocklike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : like a block … Useful english dictionary
Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… … Universalium
Soil structure — is determined by how individual soil granules clump or bind together and aggregate, and therefore, the arrangement of soil pores between them. Soil structure has a major influence on water and air movement, biological activity, root growth and… … Wikipedia
Archaic smile — The Archaic smile was used by Greek Archaic sculptors, especially in the second quarter of the sixth century BCE, possibly to suggest that their subject was alive, and infused with a sense of well being. To viewers habituated to realism, the… … Wikipedia
archaic smile — Fine Arts. a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found esp. on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century B.C. [1900 05] * * * ▪ Greek sculpture the smile that… … Universalium
bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… … Universalium
kore — /kawr ee, kohr ee; kawr ay, kohr ay/, n., pl. korai /kawr uy, kohr uy/. 1. Gk. Antiq. a sculptured representation of a young woman, esp. one produced prior to the 5th century B.C. 2. Also, Core, Cora. (cap.) Class. Myth. Persephone, esp. as a… … Universalium
Renaissance Revival — a mid Victorian architectural style adapting the classical forms of 15th and 16th century Italian architecture, especially palace architecture, usually characterized by blocklike massing, with refined classicized decorative detail around… … Universalium
somite — somital /soh mi tl/, somitic /soh mit ik/, adj. /soh muyt/, n. 1. any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere. 2. Embryol. one member of a series of paired segments into which… … Universalium
