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Erection :: Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage..

Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..

Erectly :: Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.

Roebuck :: Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds..

Saiga :: Saiga (n.) An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears..

Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

Proteroglypha :: Proteroglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia..

Erect :: Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..

Hoopoo :: Hoopoo (n.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera..

Upright :: Upright (a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways..

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected..

Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..

Erectable :: Erectable (a.) Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather..

Construction :: Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

Close-fights :: Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters..

Erectness :: Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.

Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.

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