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111interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
112leader head — a boxlike head of a downspout connected to a gutter. * * * …
113light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination. [1840 50] * * * …
114lyre — /luyeur/, n. 1. a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used esp. to accompany singing and… …
115malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …
116Marisol — /mar i sol /, n. (Marisol Escubar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950. * * * ▪ American sculptor in full Escobar Marisol born May 22, 1930, Paris, Fr. American sculptor of boxlike figurative works combining wood and other… …
117out-box — /owt boks /, n. a boxlike tray, basket, or the like, as on a desk, for holding outgoing mail, messages, or work. Also called out basket. * * * …
118palanquin — palanquiner, palankeener, n. palanquiningly, palankeeningly, adv. /pal euhn keen /, n. (formerly in India and other Eastern countries) a passenger conveyance, usually for one person, consisting of a covered or boxlike litter carried by means of… …
119pedestal — /ped euh stl/, n., v., pedestaled, pedestaling or (esp. Brit.) pedestalled, pedestalling. n. 1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column. 2. a supporting structure or piece; base. 3. Furniture. a. a …
120pier — /pear/, n. 1. a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty. 2. (in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans. 3. a… …
