What's the difference between arch and wigwam?

Arch


Definition:

  • (n.) Any part of a curved line.
  • (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
  • (n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
  • (n.) Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
  • (n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
  • (v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.
  • (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
  • (v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
  • (a.) Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
  • (a.) Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
  • (n.) A chief.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
  • (2) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
  • (3) Administration of one of the precursors of noradrenaline l-DOPA not only prevented the decrease in tissue noradrenaline content in myocardium, but restored completely its reserves, exhausted by electrostimulation of the aortic arch.
  • (4) A forty-four-year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis and involvement of the aortic arch and its main branches complained of precordial pain on effort.
  • (5) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
  • (6) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
  • (7) Between March 1986 and September 1988, 38 patients underwent extended aortic resection (aortic valve, ascending aorta, and arch) for acute type-A aortic dissection with aortic valve insufficiency; deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest were used.
  • (8) Other associated malformations were an interrupted aortic arch and an atrial septal defect.
  • (9) The sucker, covered with basal lamina, has a constant volume; its layer of muscles resists deformation and supports the stability of the arch.
  • (10) In the anaesthetized dog the carotid sinuses and aortic arch were isolated from the circulation and separately perfused with blood by a method which enabled the mean pressure, pulse pressure and pulse frequency to be varied independently in each vasosensory area.
  • (11) The data presented in this paper confirm the need for stimulation of the pudendal reflex arch to achieve physiological conditions.
  • (12) This article describes the application and efficacy of the lipbumper used in the lower arch.
  • (13) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
  • (14) The most commonly associated lesions were ventricular septal defect (50%), hypoplastic aortic arch (45%), patent ductus arteriosus (41%), transposition of great arteries (22.7%) and other intracardiac lesions comprised 30%.
  • (15) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
  • (16) No correlation was found between aortic arch size and the size of the left-to-right shunt in cases of DAP.
  • (17) After 48 hours in culture, all specimens were examined at 6x magnification for defects in the facial arches, head fold, and neural tube fusion.
  • (18) Narrow paths weave among moss-covered ornate arches and towers on the 80-acre site, and huge abstract sculptures and staircases lead nowhere, but up to the sky.
  • (19) Although different dimensions of the face and head and the upper dental arch width were found to be significantly correlated in children with normal occlusion, this relationship is not found to be strong enough in children with different categories of malocclusion.
  • (20) We suggest that incomplete development of the bones of the dorsal neural arches of the upper sacrum may be a marker of incomplete neurogenesis of the sacral nerves.

Wigwam


Definition:

  • (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From there I camped along New Zealand's coast, starting at Cape Reinga, went on to sleep out on beaches in Fiji and Tahiti, bedded down on ledges in America's national parks, slept by the fireside, Bedouin-style, in Wadi Rum and under a lavvu – a traditional Sami tent, a bit like a wigwam – in Finland in -40C.
  • (2) It seems an unlikely address for the chairman of the Savage Club and a staunch dinner and smoking companion at the Whitefriars, the WigWam and Royal Thames Yacht Club.
  • (3) Doubles from £64 B&B (two-night minimum in high season); two-night activity package £135pp including B&B, half-day boat trip and choice of kayaking, archery or cycling The Croft Bunkhouse, Bothies and Wigwams, Portnalong The Croft You've a choice of bunkhouse, bothy or wigwam on this 12-acre croft on the wild west coast.
  • (4) Depending on your budget – and how adventurous you're feeling – you can choose to pitch your own tent, or bed down in a stylish yurt, a wooden bungalow, a wigwam or – the newest addition to the fold – a converted Bedford truck.
  • (5) The three heated wooden wigwams are the glamping option, built from sustainable sitka or Norway spruce grown in Scotland, and bedded into the treeless landscape.
  • (6) The Queen of Hoxton, Curtain Road, is a good vantage point: its permanent rooftop wigwam goes through a seasonal facelift twice a year.
  • (7) Either way, he’s off soon to a brace of directorships, a glacial Scandinavian box set, and a heaving cheeseboard of the bassist from Blur’s Peripatetic Wigwam.
  • (8) • Doubles from $119, +1 928 289 4366, laposada.org 5 The Wigwam Motel, San Bernardino, California Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Wigwam is the epitome of kitsch.

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