(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light etc.)
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
an architectural product or work
the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"
come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"
to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
the flared opening of a tubular device
the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
the shape of a bell
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"
United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)