The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
The expression of a function in the form of a series.
The building of such a project.
Something which has developed.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.