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access door

A door, usually small, which is provided through a finished construction, as into a duct, through a ceiling, behind a wall, in

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accolade

An ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle; often

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acid neutralizer

A device installed in a drainage system into which the discharge of  acid is probable; neutralizes the discharge sufficiently to permit

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acorn

A small ornament in the shape of a nut of the oak tree; sometimes used as a finial, pendant, or decorative element

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abat-voix

In a church, a sound reflector behind and over a pulpit.

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abbey

A monastery or convent; particularly the church thereof.

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abscissa

In the plane Cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal coordinate of a point on a plane; the x-coordinate, obtained by measuring the distance from

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