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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"

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...
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...
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...
wall
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wall in architecture, protective, enclosing, or dividing vertical...combination with one or more of the preceding materials. The wall serves two functions. A bearing wall is used as a support, e.g., for the floors and roof. Usually...
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.1,500 mi...to Hebei prov. on the Yellow Sea. The wall, running mostly along the southern edge...built in ancient times; the first unified wall was built in the 3d cent. BC by the Ch...
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...
Hadrian's Wall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Hadrian's Wall was a Roman frontier work of the early 2nd...Hadrian on his visit to Britain in 122, the wall was originally to consist of a running barrier...Stanegate. The eastern three-fifths of the wall were in stone, the western two-fifths...
Antonine Wall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Antonine Wall. The second and more northerly of the two walls constructed across...modern Glasgow. Only half the length (37 miles) of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall was constructed of turf on a stone base. It apparently differed...

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wall
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English wall / wôl / • n. a continuous...encloses or divides an area of land: a garden wall farmland traversed by drystone walls...one that is imposing in scale: the eastern wall of the valley | fig. a wall of sound...
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...
cell wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences cell wall 1. (of eukaryote) A strong, often rigid...comprise by weight up to 70 per cent of the wall, it consists of a variety of polysaccharides...infection. 2. (of prokaryote) A rigid wall structure that lies inside the capsular layer...
Antonine Wall
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Antonine Wall A defensive fortification about 59 km...province of Britain, and consisted of a turf wall with a broad ditch in front and a counterscarp...consolidate their position and in c. 181 the wall was breached and the northern tribes forced...
Wall Street Explosion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History WALL STREET EXPLOSION WALL STREET EXPLOSION. The Wall Street Explosion occurred in New York City on 16 September 1920, across from the headquarters of the J. P. Morgan Company on Wall Street, near the corner of Broad Street. Forty persons...
Wall
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Wall something that represents a wall in appearance. Examples: black wall of forest, 1859; wall of fog, 1903; of rock, 1860; of snow, 1697; of soldiers, 1797; of water, 1859.
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.
Great Wall of China
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Great Wall of China A defensive wall in northern China, extending over a total distance of 6700 km...in medieval times largely against the Mongols, and the present wall dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368–1544). Although...
Wailing Wall
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Wailing Wall ( ha-Kotel ha-Maʿaravi ). Western Wall of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem . The Wailing Wall was all that remained of the Temple after its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE. It is a place of pilgrimage and the most...

Thesaurus entries related to "wall"

wall
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus wall • noun   1. brick walls...bulkhead.   2. an ancient city wall synonyms : fortification, rampart, barricade...seal, close, brick up. phrases: go to the wall for informal  I never asked you to...
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...
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...
face
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : side, aspect, flank, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation.   5. a watch face synonyms : dial, display...on, confront; oppose, resist, withstand.   6. a wall faced with stucco synonyms : cover, clad, veneer, overlay...
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.
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.
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...
carpet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English carpet • noun   1. the living room carpet synonyms : floor covering, wall-to-wall carpeting, runner, rug.   2. a carpet of leaves synonyms : covering, layer, expanse.
partition
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...subdivision, separation, segregation, splitting-up, breaking-up, breakup, severance.   2. erect a partition to divide the room synonyms : room divider, divider, dividing wall, separator, screen, barrier, wall, fence.
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...

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Wall-associated kinases are expressed throughout plant development and are required for cell expansion
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...by which events in the angiosperm cell wall are communicated to the cytoplasm is not...characterized. A family of five Arabidopsis wall-associated kinases (WAKs) have the...and signaling continuum between the cell wall and the cytoplasm. The WAKs have an active...
Wall structure and wall loosening. A look backwards and forwards
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Wall Structure and Wall Loosening. A Look Backwards and Forwards1 The plant cell wall is a strong fibrillar network that gives each cell its stable shape. To enlarge, cells selectively loosen this network, enabling it to yield to the expansive...
Wall Data(R) Continues Delivering on Product Development Strategy, Participates in Netscape One Component Directory
PR Newswire; 6/13/1997; 700+ words ; ...SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq: WALL) today announced that it continues to deliver on...focus on component technology, one of the CTEs, Wall Data(R) will participate in the Netscape ONE...
Wall systems strive to foil moisture intrusion. (building design) (Emerging Technology)
Magazine article from: Building Design & Construction; 5/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; The "rain screen" wall has been one of the weapons that building...the outside. Any discussion of exterior wall systems that incorporate the "rain screen...interchangeably. A pressure-equalized wall system has an airtight inner section and...
Wall Data Announces Executive Changes; John Wall Resigns as CEO, Kevin Vitale Named President.
Business Wire; 8/9/1999; 700+ words ; ...Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999-- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq:WALL), a leading provider of powerful host access solutions...thin client) computing, today announced that John Wall, chief executive officer, has resigned as CEO...
Wall Data Signs Agreement With HP for Its Cyberprise(TM) and Rumba(R) Solutions.
PR Newswire; 11/11/1998; 700+ words ; Wall Data's Cyberprise and Enterprise Products for Web Access and Integration...be Resold by HP KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq: WALL) today announced it has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard...
WALL DATA(R) RUMBA(R) AND ARPEGGIO(TM) PRODUCTS ARE AMONG FIRST TO SUPPORT MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 4.0
PR Newswire; 7/31/1996; 700+ words ; KIRKLAND, Wash., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq: WALL) today announced full support for Microsoft's Windows NT Workstation 4.0 desktop operating system. Wall Data's RUMBA(R) 95/NT and ARPEGGIO(TM...
WALL DATA(R) PREVIEWS CORPORATE PUBLISHING CAPABILITY ON THE INTERNET WITH ONLINE DEMONSTRATION OF ARPEGGIO(TM) LIVE
PR Newswire; 4/17/1996; 700+ words ; KIRKLAND, Wash., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq: WALL) today announced an online beta program to preview...applications on an IBM(R) AS/400(R) system via Wall Data's site on the World Wide Web at http...
Wall to Wall Sound announces 2nd quarter results; plans major store expansion, including Washington, D.C. market.
PR Newswire; 10/8/1987; 700+ words ; WALL TO WALL SOUND ANNOUNCES 2ND QUARTER RESULTS; PLANS MAJOR STORE EXPANSION, INCLUDING...WASHINGTON, D.C. MARKET CINNAMINSON, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall to Wall Sound & Video, Inc. (NASDAQ: WTWS), a leading retailer...
Wall Data Announces Worldwide E-Commerce Solutions Alliance With HP
PR Newswire; 6/22/1998; 700+ words ; Wall Data's Cyberprise(TM) Products Provide Comprehensive Internet...Solution Offering KIRKLAND, Wash., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Data Incorporated (Nasdaq: WALL) today announced its alliance with the Hewlett-Packard Company...