Only show
results for:

Topics related to "Wall"

wall
wall in architecture, protective, enclosing, or dividing vertical structure. Its thickness is determined by the material, height, and stress. It may be of studding and lath, either boarded or plastered; adobe; rammed earth ; brickwork or stonework; concrete; tile; or of steel in combination with o... Read more
Wall of Antoninus
Wall of Antoninus ancient Roman wall extending across N Britain from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. It was built by the Roman governor Lollius Urbicus in the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius—probably in AD 140-42. Intended as a defense against the peoples to the north, it was built ... Read more
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall ancient Roman wall, 73.5 mi (118.3 km) long, across the narrow part of the island of Great Britain from Wallsend on the Tyne River to Bowness at the head of Solway Firth. It was mainly built from c.AD 122 to 126 under Emperor Hadrian and was extended by Emperor Severus a century late... Read more
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall 1961-89, a barrier first erected in Aug., 1961, by the East German government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later along the entire border between East Germany and West Germany. At first constructed of barbed wire, the wall was built to halt large numbers of defectio... Read more
Wall Street
Wall Street narrow street in the lower part of Manhattan island, New York City, extending E from Broadway to the East River. It is the center of one of the greatest financial districts in the world, and by extension the term "Wall St." has come to designate U.S. financial interests. In the dist... Read more
Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China Defensive frontier and world heritage site, c.2400km (1500mi) long, extending from the Huang Hai (Yellow Sea) to the Central Asian Desert, n China. It is an amalgamation of fortifications constructed by various dynasties. The Warring States built the first sections of the wall. ... Read more
Baruch
Baruch , in the Bible. 1 Jeremiah's scribe, for whom the book of Baruch is named. 2 Builder of the wall. 3 Signer of the Covenant. ... Read more
Cyclopean
Cyclopean , name often applied to a primitive method of prehistoric masonry construction, found throughout Greece, Italy, and the Middle East. The term is derived from Cyclopes, the mythological beings who were supposed to have built walls in this manner. The Cyclopean technique involves the use of ... Read more
Pithom
Pithom , in the Bible, the ancient treasure city of Egypt, in the eastern part of the Nile delta, built by the Israelites for the pharaoh. Ruins include walls of storage chambers. ... Read more
Rechab
Rechab , in the Bible. 1 Eponym of the Rechabites. 2 Murderer of Ish-bo-sheth. 3 Father of a worker on the wall. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Wall"

Party Wall
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law PARTY WALL A partition erected on a property boundary, partly on the...sides of the boundary. Each person owns as much of a party wall as is situated on his or her land. The wall is subject to cross-easements — reciprocal rights...
containment walls in environmental management
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...economical and impermeable wall. Containment walls can be constructed using...material within the wall. Containment walls can be constructed in...Continuity of the wall is ensured by using...columns. Containment walls typically reuse most...
Jeff Wall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jeff Wall Art, a form of self-expression, can create or reflect reality. Canadian artist Jeff Wall (born 1946) expresses himself by recreating...noted Jed Perl in the New Republic. Jeff Wall was born in 1946 in Canada. Growing up in...
wall
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...watertight. The front wall or face of a building...facade . Exterior walls may be finished with...power. The defensive walls of a city or other...division (see Great Wall of China ) are frequently...gateways. Notable walls of antiquity were...example of a medieval wall is that at ...
Wall Street
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History WALL STREET Wall Street, in the broadest sense, refers to the financial epicenter of all business and banking in the United States. Not only is Wall Street synonymous with U.S. financial interests, but also is an international...
Abdominal Wall Defect Repair
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers Abdominal wall defect repair Definition Abdominal wall defect repair is a surgery performed to correct one of two birth defects of the abdominal wall: gastroschisis or omphalocele. Depending on the defect treated...
Abdominal Wall Defects
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence Abdominal wall defects Definition Abdominal wall defects are birth (congenital) defects that allow the stomach...outside the baby's abdomen and only later does the abdominal wall enclose them. Occasionally, either the umbilical opening is...
Great Wall of China
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Great Wall of China fortifications, c.1...prov. on the Yellow Sea. The wall, running mostly along the southern...It is an amalgamation of many walls built in ancient times; the first unified wall was built in the 3d cent. BC by...
Berlin Wall
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Berlin Wall On the night of August 13, 1961, police...was turned into an insurmountable concrete wall that averaged 12 feet high and 96 miles long...elaborate system of fortifications with a back wall, a minefield, a jeep road, guard dogs...
Antonine Wall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Antonine Wall. The second and more northerly of the two walls constructed across northern Britain by the Romans...Only half the length (37 miles) of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall was constructed of turf on a stone base. It apparently...

Dictionary entries related to "Wall"

wall
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...area of land: a garden wall farmland traversed by drystone walls. ∎ ...organ or cavity: the wall of the stomach...xA0; Biol. see cell wall . • v...enclose (an area) within walls, esp. to protect it...
Wall Street Journal
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History WALL STREET JOURNAL WALL STREET JOURNAL. Charles Dowand Edward Jones, owners of Dow, Jones and Company, began publishing the daily Wall Street Journal on 8 July 1889. Both Dow and Jones were New Englanders...
Berlin Wall
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History BERLIN WALL BERLIN WALL. A product of the prolonged Berlin crisis period from 1958 to 1962, the Berlin Wall came to symbolize the Cold War division of Germany and the world between...
walls
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...times to protect vineyards with walls of unhewn stones and cities...fortifications. The earliest walls of Jericho consisted of solid...6 feet) thick. From the walls defenders of a city could engage...20–1) and down a wall fugitives could make their escape...
cell wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...to 70 per cent of the wall, it consists of a variety...even mineral salts. Cell walls provide a skeletal support...of prokaryote) A rigid wall structure that lies inside...bacteria have much thinner walls (10 nm) composed of...x2013;10 per cent of the wall material by weight; techoic...
sleeper-wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture sleeper-wall. 1. Wall, usually perforated to allow free passage of air, supporting...floor in the case of heavy loads or wide spans between the walls of the room. 2. Wall between two structural elements (e.g. piers ) to prevent...
Great Wall of China
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Great Wall of China A defensive wall in northern China, extending over...Qin Shi Huang), and the northern walls of existing rival states were linked...against the Mongols, and the present wall dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368...
cavity-wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture cavity-wall. Wall constructed of two leaves or skins (two walls), with a cavity between them...together with metal ties . Cavity-walls were invented to improve insulation...proofing. Certain types of cavity-wall are used for conservatories etc...
diaphragm wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences diaphragm wall ( core wall , cut-off trench ) A nearly impervious wall or core at the base of a dam or similar structure which reduces percolation...excavations formed for the construction of cast-in-place concrete diaphragm walls.
wall-piece
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture wall-piece. 1. Wall-plate , pan-piece or raising piece . 2. Wall-painting or fresco with the figures adjusted to fit the shape of the wall.

Thesaurus entries related to "Wall"

wall
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus wall • noun   1. brick walls synonyms : barrier, partition...bulkhead.   2. an ancient city wall synonyms : fortification, rampart...stockade.   3. break down the walls that stop world trade synonyms...
cloud
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...bow chinook cloudlet contrail fall streaks flanking line Foehn wall fog fumulus funnel cloud mackerel sky mamma mare's tails mesoscale...cloud storm cloud streamer thundercloud thunderhead tuba virga wall cloud wave cloud Types of Anvil Clouds cumuliform back-sheared...
full
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...overcrowded with, overrun with; abounding with, bursting with, overflowing with; informal jam-packed with, wall-to-wall with, stuffed with, chockablock with, chock-full of, bursting at the seams with, packed to the gunwales with...
paper
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...treatise, thesis, monograph, study, report, analysis.   4. put striped paper on the walls/shelves synonyms : wallpaper, wall covering, shelf paper. phrase: on paper   1. put your objections on paper synonyms : in...
prop
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...prop • verb  prop his bike/ladder against the wall synonyms : lean, rest, set, lay, stand, balance, steady. phrase: prop up   1. prop up the wall of the garage synonyms : hold up, shore up, bolster up, buttress...
crowded
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...populous, overpopulated; busy; informal jam-packed, stuffed, chockablock, chock-full, bursting at the seams, wall-to-wall, standing room only, SRO; ( crowded with ) full of; informal crawling with, lousy with. antonym: deserted.
breakwater
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus breakwater • noun  she found a submerged breakwater, constructed of parallel stone walls filled with rubble synonyms : sea wall, jetty, barrier, mole, bulwark, groin, pier.
comprehensive
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...extensive, all-embracing, exhaustive, detailed, in-depth, encyclopedic, universal, catholic; far-reaching, radical, sweeping, across the board, wholesale; broad, wide-ranging; informal wall-to-wall. antonym: limited.
sweeping
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-embracing, far-reaching, across the board; thorough, radical; informal wall-to-wall. antonyms: limited, narrow.   2. a sweeping victory synonyms : overwhelming, decisive, thorough, complete...
stuck
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...stuck • adjective   1. posters stuck to the wall synonyms : glued, fixed, mired, fastened.   2. stuck...nonplussed, at one's wits ends; inf. up against a brick wall. phrases: stuck on   stuck on the new girl synonyms...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

Walls, "states" and resistance
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; The apartheid wall currently under construction by Israel...cities are permanently besieged behind walls, poverty and hopelessness will force...the significance of the apartheid wall. Physically, the wall has two distinct forms. In much of...
Walls, pavers getting trendy. (LM Reports).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Landscape Management; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...segmental retaining wall (SRW) industry is...tumbled, random pattern walls, which are used to...your neighbor's wall "They (weathered random pattern walls) don't look like...ROCKWOOD RETAINING WALLS 888/288-4045 Rochester...Classic retaining wall units are easy to...
Natural-stone walls look great, wear better
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 10/31/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...of one tall retaining wall, you can make smaller walls and terrace the land in...drain from behind the wall. One reason many mortared walls tip is that soil behind...foot of height for both walls to the top of wall width and you will know...
WALLS OF STONE REQUIRE TIME, THE RIGHT TOUCH
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/16/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...Since Abruzese showed me his walls, I can see a stone wall in a way I never could before...enough to finish a small wall. Big walls are different. On a long...walls with pea stone, giving walls the mass he likes, a wall so full of stone there is...
Wall-associated kinases are expressed throughout plant development and are required for cell expansion
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...biosynthesis and modification of cell wall components and downstream cytoplasmic...dynamics and synthesis of the cell wall are coordinated with cytoplasmic...uncharacterized. Developing cells have walls that are composed of cellulose...secreted by vesicles. The cell wall also includes ...
WALLS CLOSING IN REBORN AS GIANT, HE TAKES AIM AT 49ERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Johnson's door was always open for Everson Walls last year. Problem was, it was the one with EXIT above it. Walls was as wanted around Dallas by the Cowboys...25th anniversary All-Time team, Everson Walls was finished as far as Jimmy Johnson was...
Walls That Talk, in Harmony; At the Nigerian Embassy, a Sweeping Curve of Stone Meets a Rectangle of Glass
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/16/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the building's two walls. The one is "Roman...a powerful masonry wall. Sheathed in an attractive...dramatizes the end of one wall and the beginning...emphasizing because the two walls are conspicuously...these long, adjoining walls differ? Let us list...glass. The stone wall is ...
Wall systems go to school.
Magazine article from: Walls & Ceilings; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...specification for wall systems in a particular...introduction to these walls and their use in...In the past, wall systems were installed...Not in schools. Walls are not relocated...parts with masonry walls and tile floors. The best wall systems utilize...
THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN; As Northern Ireland's two communities struggle to find common ground, Sunday People reveals how history is uniting the Maiden City: Divided Derry is building a united future - brick by brick.(News)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 8/13/2000; ; 700+ words ; THROUGHOUT the Troubles, walls have been associated with division - yet in Northern Ireland's second city, walls are a source of unity. In Derry, which...conflict of Northern Ireland, the historic walls are bringing people together rather than...
Walls of GREEN.
Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Why choose an isolating wall when a pretty hedge can...are beating at the green walls of the fabled New York...agrees that in many cases a wall increases the value of...messy storage unit, And walls are obvious choices for...How about building a wall just three feet high and...