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| arena |
the building or enclosure housing an arena. [1/4 definitions] |
| auditorium |
a large room in which performances, speeches, and the like are given in front of an audience, or a building housing such a space. |
| barrack |
(usu. pl.) a large, plain building or group of buildings, esp. used as temporary housing for soldiers. [1/3 definitions] |
| bell tower |
a tower housing one or more bells. |
| cowling |
the removable metal housing of an aircraft engine, often designed as part of the fuselage. |
| crankcase |
the housing enclosing an engine's crankshaft and its connecting parts. |
| developer |
someone engaged in buying land and developing it for housing, businesses, recreation, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| dovecote |
a boxlike structure with compartments, usu. mounted above the ground, for housing domesticated pigeons. |
| estate |
(chiefly British) a piece of land where the houses or other buildings, often all similar in type, are built together according to a plan; housing development; housing project. [1/4 definitions] |
| favela |
in Brazil, a very poor area of a town characterized by shoddily-built housing. |
| FHA |
abbreviation of "Federal Housing Administration." |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. [1/2 definitions] |
| garden |
(often. pl.) a public park or recreation area, often devoted to the housing and display of plants or animals. [1/6 definitions] |
| gearbox |
the gears and housing that constitute a transmission, esp. of a motor vehicle. |
| Habitat for Humanity |
a non-profit worldwide housing organization founded in 1976 that recruits volunteers to build houses purchased through interest-free loans by the needy. |
| honey pot |
the wax structure housing honey, made esp. by bumblebees, for storage. [1/3 definitions] |
| hotbox |
a metal bearing and its housing, as on a railroad car, that have been overheated by excessive friction of an axle. |
| housing project |
a publicly funded and administered housing development, usu. for low-income families. |
| HUD |
abbreviation of "Housing and Urban Development." |
| lantern |
a housing or case with openings or transparent sections through which light can shine, used to protect, transport, direct, or ornament the light it contains. [1/3 definitions] |
| light bulb |
an incandescent electric light, or the bulb-shaped glass housing that encloses its filament. |
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