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  • 1Excavated — Excavate Ex ca*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excavated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excavating}.] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See {Cave}.] 1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make… …

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  • 2meteorite crater — crater (def. 2). * * * Depression that results from the impact of a meteorite with a solid object in space. Impact craters have been discovered on Earth, the Moon, Mars, other planets and satellites, and asteroids; they probably occur on… …

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  • 3building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …

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  • 4harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …

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  • 5British Museum — Infobox London museum name = British Museum established = 1753 collection = 7 million objects area = convert|13.5|acre|ha|1|abbr=on or convert|588000|sqft|m2| 2|abbr=on in 94 Galleries [ [http://www.uwosh.edu/cambridge/journals/morgan1.htm… …

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  • 6Wine cave — Wine caves are subterranean structures for the storage and aging of wine. They are an integral component of the wine industry world wide. The design and construction of wine caves represents a unique application of underground construction… …

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  • 7Qanat — A qanat (from ar. قناة) or kareez (from fa. كاريز) is a water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water to human settlements or for irrigation in hot, arid and semi arid climates. The technology is known to have developed in… …

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  • 8Ringberghaus — The Ringberghaus (German for: Ringberg house ), also often called Ringberghotel is a hotel east of the German city Suhl. In the 1970s, it was one of the most controversially discussed new buildings in the Suhl area. Location The Ringberghaus is… …

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  • 9Ammolite — Infobox mineral name = Ammolite category = fossilized, mineralized Ammonite shell boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = Unprocessed sample of ammolite, a dragon skin pattern is apparent formula = CaCO3 aragonite polymorph, with minor… …

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  • 10Atta sexdens — Taxobox | name = Atta sexdens regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae genus = Atta species = A. sexdens binomial = Atta sexdens binomial authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) Atta sexdens is a… …

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