| construct | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, conception |
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| construction | (noun) the act of constructing something | Synonyms: building |
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| (noun) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | Synonyms: building |
| (noun) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem | - |
| (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: structure |
| (noun) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought | Synonyms: mental synthesis |
| (noun) an interpretation of a text or action | Synonyms: twist |
| (noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: expression, grammatical construction |
| constructiveness | (noun) the quality of serving to build or improve | - |
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| constructivism | (noun) an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects | - |
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| constructivist | (noun) an artist of the school of constructivism | - |
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| constructor | (noun) someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | Synonyms: builder |
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| deconstruction | (noun) a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning | Synonyms: deconstructionism |
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| deconstructionism | (noun) a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning | Synonyms: deconstruction |
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| deconstructivism | (noun) a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction | - |
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| destructibility | (noun) vulnerability to destruction | - |
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| destruction | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | Synonyms: devastation |
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| (noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: demolition, wipeout |
| (noun) a final state | Synonyms: death, end |
| destructiveness | (noun) the quality of causing destruction | - |
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| indestructibility | (noun) the strength to resist destruction | - |
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| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| instruction | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching |
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| (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, pedagogy, teaching |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: command, program line, statement |
| (noun) a message describing how something is to be done | Synonyms: direction |
| instructions | (noun) a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it | Synonyms: book of instructions, instruction manual, operating instructions |
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| instructor | (noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | Synonyms: teacher |
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| instructorship | (noun) the position of instructor | - |
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| instructress | (noun) a woman instructor | - |
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| misconstruction | (noun) an ungrammatical constituent | - |
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| (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstrual |
| motortruck | (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | Synonyms: truck |
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| obstructer | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor |
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| (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructionist, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
| obstruction | (noun) getting in someone's way | - |
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| (noun) the act of obstructing | - |
| (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor |
| (noun) something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | Synonyms: obstacle |
| (noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | Synonyms: blockage |
| obstructionism | (noun) deliberate interference | - |
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| obstructionist | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
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| obstructor | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction |
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| (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, resister, thwarter |
| reconstruction | (noun) the activity of constructing something again | - |
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| (noun) recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall | Synonyms: reconstructive memory |
| (noun) an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence | - |
| structuralism | (noun) linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse | Synonyms: structural linguistics |
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| (noun) an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena | Synonyms: structural anthropology |
| (noun) a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals | Synonyms: structural sociology |
| structure | (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: construction |
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| (noun) the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts | - |
| (noun) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement | Synonyms: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part |
| (noun) the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations | - |
| (noun) the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | Synonyms: social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system |
| substructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, understructure |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: infrastructure |
| superstructure | (noun) structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck | - |
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| truce | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: armistice, cease-fire |
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| truck | (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | Synonyms: motortruck |
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| (noun) a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects | Synonyms: hand truck |
| truckage | (noun) the activity of transporting goods by truck | Synonyms: hauling, trucking |
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| (noun) a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage | - |
| trucker | (noun) someone who drives a truck as an occupation | Synonyms: teamster, truck driver |
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| trucking | (noun) the activity of transporting goods by truck | Synonyms: hauling, truckage |
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| truckle | (noun) a low bed to be slid under a higher bed | Synonyms: truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed |
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| truckler | (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | Synonyms: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller |
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| truckling | (noun) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) | - |
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| truculence | (noun) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness | Synonyms: truculency |
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| truculency | (noun) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness | Synonyms: truculence |
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| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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