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11Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …
12architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …
13Mendes da Rocha, Paulo — ▪ 2007 On May 30, 2006, in Istanbul, 77 year old Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha accepted the 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize. In doing so he became the second Brazilian architect (after Oscar Niemeyer) to be awarded the annual… …
14bulkiness — noun an unwieldy largeness • Syn: ↑massiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑massive (for: ↑massiveness), ↑bulky • Hypernyms: ↑largeness, ↑ …
15heftiness — noun 1. possessing muscular strength • Syn: ↑brawn, ↑brawniness, ↑muscle, ↑muscularity, ↑sinew • Derivationally related forms: ↑sinewy (for: ↑sine …
16monolithic — adjective 1. imposing in size or bulk or solidity massive oak doors Moore s massive sculptures the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture a monumental scale • Syn: ↑massive, ↑monumental …
17ponderosity — noun the property of being large in mass • Syn: ↑heft, ↑heftiness, ↑massiveness, ↑ponderousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ponderous, ↑ponderous (for: ↑ …
18ponderousness — noun 1. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition • Syn: ↑heaviness • Derivationally related forms:… …
19Barrel bulk — Bulk Bulk (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship …
20Bulk — (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great… …