Términos

Muros de mampostería construidos sin mortero.

Walls that project from or are separate from a building; the term is reserved for substantial constructions of masonry, lumber, or another such material. Examples of a freestanding walls could be a wall used as a room divider or a wall used as a privacy fence. For walls used to resist lateral loads, use "retaining walls."

Decorative glassware in which metal particles, precious stones, or other materials are embedded in the glass. Particularly used to describe ancient Roman glass. For a distinctive kind of ornamental glass, similar to millefiore, made by fusing together rods of variously colored glass and then cutting the fused rods into cross-sections, use "mosaic glass." Also, although the names are similar and sometimes confused, murrhine glass differs from “Murano glass."

Describe obras producidas por africanos de mismo nombre que viven principalmente en Etiopía y en el sur de Sudán.

Murallas defensivas celtas en la Edad de Hierro tardía, generalmente construidas con líneas gruesas de piedras, unidas y reforzadas por un núcleo de marcos de madera sujetas con clavos de hierro, y cubiertas con una muralla de tierra en pendiente, a veces se enfrentan con piedra cortada y rematada por un parapeto.

Members of a genus containing 38 living species of small rodents that usually have a pointed snout, relatively large eyes and ears, and a long tail, and typically feed on seeds and fruit.

Members of a species of small rodent native to Eurasia but introduced worldwide; now living in most parts of the world in close proximity to humans.

Genus containing around 50 species of bananas and plantains. The tall plants resemble trees, but their stems are not woody, but rather comprising the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Several distinct groups of edible bananas have been developed from species of Musa. Valued primarily for edible fruit, but several types of valuable fibers are obtained from the leaves of banana plants. Banana paper is a handmade, decorative paper produced from the pulp of banana stalks.

Species of plant native to the Philippines, but cultivated in Central America, growing to 5 m (15 feet) in height. Fiber from the plant is used for cordage and many other purposes. Despite its common name, it is not related to hemp. The abaca plant is closely related to and resembles the banana plant, M. sapientum.

Family of plants native to the tropics of Africa and Asia, having leaves with overlapping basal sheaths forming a trunk-like shaft resembling woody trees.

Lugar cerrado semejante a un grotto, con un suministro de agua, pensado para ser lugar de vivienda o lugar dedicado a las musas.

In Indian art or architecture, a threshing staff, grain-pounder motif.

Designa un área de oración islámica grande y abierta construida para acomodar a toda la población de una localidad. Frencuentemente, con el mihrab como único componente arquitectónico.

Genus containing the housefly and face fly.

Members of a species of flying insects that are common in the homes of humans, having a gray thorax, four longitudinal dark lines on the back, yellow underside of the abdomen, and a body covered with hair.