BUILDINGS

"BUILDINGS" is a plural of: building.

Date "BUILDINGS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Business

Dream Interpretation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Abode

Street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.

Square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.

Crosswords: BUILDINGS

Buildings burn (The Crow; writing credit: David J. Schow, John Shirley)

The demolitions committee of Project Mayhem wrapped the foundation columns of a dozen buildings with blasting gelatin (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

The theatuh, the theatuh -- what book of rules says the theater exists only within some ugly buildings crowded into one square mile of New York City (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

It was revealed that Donald Trump has plans to buy a parachute in case he ever has to jump out of one of his buildings. Either that, or he plans to grab his comb over and Mary Poppins his way down past the 80th floor (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen)

Oh, you mean the way the sea stays steady as a rock and the buildings keep washing up and down (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

And the buildings they grow tall (Story in a Dream; performing artist: Train)

If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization. (references; author: unknown)

The Buildings Already Begun (1967)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Civil Engineering and Contracting Buildings and Equipment in Africa (reference)

• The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Civil Engineering and Contracting Buildings and Equipment (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Prefabricated Metal Buildings (reference)

• The World Market for Civil Engineering and Contracting Buildings and Equipment: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Civil Engineering and Contracting Buildings and Equipment in Laos (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• ADA Accessibility Guidelines: Accessibility Guidelines, Checklist for Buildings and Facilities (reference)

• Pocket Guide to the ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, Revised Edition (reference)

• Airconditioning and ventilation of buildings (reference)

• Alec Clifton-Taylor's Buildings of Delight (reference)

• A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Boston Office Buildings (reference)

• Washington Dc Maryland Northern Virginia Office Buildings (reference)

• Conservation And Repair Of Ecclesiastical Buildings (reference)

• Rents-Fees In Residential Buildings Completed During The Year (reference)

• Unlet Dwellings In Multi- Dwelling Buildings The First Of September (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• More Songs About Buildings and Cows (reference)

• Buildings and Grounds (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A 1945 view of NIH Buildings 1-7 as seen from Rockville Pike. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

On October 31, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first six buildings of NIH. See also ar004693. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

CDC Sign and Buildings 1 and 2. Credit: CDC.

CDC Clifton Road buildings, aerial view. Credit: CDC.

Building shaker in the doorway of a building Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Ground shaker at Position "A" Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A view of Charlestown from the cemetery on Copp's Hill in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill further to the north are seen in the central part of the image. Buildings of the U.S. Navy Yard are seen on the extreme right. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

San Francisco from the bay - a small collection of buildings with little apparent promise for the future. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 177. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Without buildings and markers, it would be difficult to tell which way is up on this gray day. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Strolling down main street of the Oliktok Point Camp Snow plows cover entrances to buildings similar to more urban areas. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

Representatives of the Members of the League and officials of he League when engaged on the business of the League shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.The buildings and other property occupied by the League or its officials or by Representatives attending its meetings sha11 be inviolable. (reference)

Here, unlike Sweatt v. Painter, there are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The buildings of the farm are on the southern side of the court

The two stood and stared at the little cluster of buildings.

It is enclosed by a wall of two feet high, and twenty feet distant from the buildings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Entering rarely opened or seasonally closed buildings may also contribute to infection. (references)

Additional "bat-proofing" can prevent bats from roosting in attics or buildings by covering outside entry points. (references)

Workers in these jobs may have to enter various buildings, crawl spaces, or other sites that may be rodent infested. (references)

Business

Use of prefabricated buildings is being considered. (references)

There are around 1.7 million office buildings in Mexico. (references)

Central heating is uncommon in older homes and office buildings. (references)

Children

Hong Kong

The Buildings Ordinance as amended updated design requirements. (references)

Sweden

Many buildings and some public transportation remained inaccessible. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

The law does not mandate access for persons with disabilities to buildings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macedonia

The NLA also attacked Orthodox buildings. (references)

Bulgaria

Methodists and Adventists also claim land or buildings in Sofia and other towns. (references)

Macedonia

Forces on both sides of the conflict targeted and in some cases destroyed religious buildings. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Industrial buildings may be depreciated over 25 years. (references)

Venezuela

Some office buildings do lease office space with at least one phone line. (references)

Mauritius

The system protects all property, including land, buildings, and mortgages. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Private and public buildings were looted and destroyed. (references)

Brazil

The MST also continued its occupation of public buildings. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

As part of such actions, the IDF usually leveled either a major PA building, or, especially in Gaza, a series of buildings, including homes. (references)

Minorities

Sri Lanka

Two Muslims were killed, and a number of buildings and vehicles were destroyed. (references)

Albania

Unlike the previous year, there were no reports of vandalism of Orthodox churches and buildings. (references)

Yugoslavia

In July in Surdulica, unknown vandals wrote swastikas and slurs against Roma on buildings in the town. (references)

Political Economy

BULGARIA

Foreign persons may acquire ownership of buildings and limited property rights, and may lease land. (references)

Yugoslavia

The Federal Government also controls a small police detachment for security of federal buildings and officials. (references)

Sudan

The bombings hit schools, medical facilities, markets, and civilian buildings in these areas inhabited primarily by Christians and practitioners of traditional African religions. (references)

Trade

Hong Kong

What few there are relate to fire control (gas and electricity) in the city's high rise buildings. (references)

Ireland

Processing, sorting, grading, or repackaging of the goods may take place within the zone, and buildings may be leased or built. (references)

Taiwan

The U.S. industry is concerned that Taiwan's building codes favor non-wood construction and restrict wood construction to buildings of four stories or less. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Most people live in apartments in high-rise buildings. (references)

Ghana

New buildings are under construction and old ones are being renovated. (references)

Yemen

Many businesses have located their offices in houses, but office buildings are available. (references)

Women

Kuwait

He claimed that cafeterias and hundreds of freshman and sophomore classes already had been segregated, but unless additional funds become available, it would be impossible to proceed with plans for new buildings and a new Women's College. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

Two workers in Abu Dhabi died after falling from separate high rise buildings that were under construction. (references)

Romania

Groups of union members protested against local authorities by damaging official buildings and harassing employees of the firm. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "BUILDINGS": barrack buildings ♦ block of buildings ♦ buildings started ♦ Central Coordinating Office for Accessibility to Public Buildings for the Disabled ♦ erect buildings ♦ government buildings ♦ land and buildings ♦ Medical Office Buildings. Additional references.

Ending with "BUILDINGS": out-buildings.

Albanian

ndërtoj godina (erect buildings). (various references)

Czech

vystavìt budovy (erect buildings). (various references)

Danish

bygninger. (various references)

Dutch

bestaande gebouwen en andere bestaande vaste activa die door produktie-eenheden aan andere eenheden worden verkocht:-om als zodanig opnieuw te worden gebruikt,-om te worden gesloopt (existing buildings and other fixed capital goods which are sold by producer units to other units:-to be re-used as such;-to be demolished or broken up), Bestuur voor Monumenten en Landschappen (Architectural Heritage, Department for the Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites, English Heritage, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England), omtrek van de te onteigenen percelen (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), Centraal Coördinatiepunt ter bevordering van Toegankelijkheid voor Gehandicapten (Central Coordinating Office for Accessibility to Public Buildings for the Disabled), flatgebouwen (apartment houses, tenement buildings), geindustrialiseerde constructies uit geprefabriceerde elementen (industrialized buildings in prefabricated units), hangbaan aan de muren van gebouwen vastgehecht (supporting track bracketed to buildings), het recht tot het zetten van gebouwen en het aanleggen van land-en waterwegen (right to construct buildings or rights of way), huizenblok (block, block of buildings, block of houses, city block, island site, residential block), Administratie voor Stedebouw en Ruimtelijke Ordening (Architectural Heritage, Department for the Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites, English Heritage, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England), kijkgroen tussen de flats (greenery between buildings, verdure between buildings), woongebouwen (apartment houses, tenement buildings), onbebouwd perceel (gap between buildings, gap site, unusual building plot, vacant site), onroerende goederen waarvoor...een koper is gevonden (buildings and construction for which a buyer has been found), opengat (gap between buildings, gap site, unusual building plot, vacant site), overheidslichamen in hun activiteit als eigenaar van grond en bestaande gebouwen (government agencies as owners of land and existing buildings), Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg (Architectural Heritage, Department for the Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites, English Heritage, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England), voor gebruik gerede gebouwen (turn-key buildings), woningblok (block of buildings, block of houses, city block, island site, residential block), woonblok (block, block of buildings, block of houses, city block, island site, residential block), industriebouw (design and construction of industrial buildings). (various references)

Finnish

rakennukset. (various references)

French

bâtiments. (various references)

German

Bauten (constructions), Gebäude (building, construct, construction, edifice, erection, place, structure). (various references)

Greek 

κτήρια, κτίρια (building), χτήρια. (various references)

Hungarian

házsor (line of houses, range of buildings, row of houses), épületet felépít (erect buildings). (various references)

Indonesian

bangun-bangunan (mock up model, scaffolding). (various references)

Italian

uffici (offices). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

造営物 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぞうえいぶつ. (various references)

Manx

glout (block, block of buildings, bolus, chunk, clump, dollop, lump). (various references)

Pig Latin

uildingsbay.(various references)

Portuguese

edifícios e outras construções-edifícios. (various references)

Russian 

общественные здания (municipal buildings), застроить (erect buildings). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

graditi zgrade (erect buildings). (various references)

Spanish

construcciones. (various references)

Swedish

byggnader. (various references)

Turkish

site (complex, development). (various references)

scurbeorg. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "BUILDINGS": boatbuildings, bodybuildings, nonbuildings, outbuildings, shipbuildings. (additional references)

Misspellings

"BUILDINGS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boultings, buidings, bulidings, guildings. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: building.

-2 letters: bluings, sibling, sidling, sliding.

-3 letters: biding, bindis, blinds, blinis, bluing, builds, busing, dingus, guilds, idling, isling, lubing, lungis, siding, sluing.

-4 letters: bindi, binds, blind, blini, build, bunds, bungs, dings, dungs, gilds, guids, guild, iglus, lings, lungi, lungs, nidus, sigil, sling, slung, suing, unbid, using.

-5 letters: bids, bigs, bind, bins, blin, buds, bugs, bund.

+2 letters: misbuilding.

+3 letters: disturbingly, nonbuildings, outbuildings, shipbuilding, undigestible.

+4 letters: boatbuildings, bodybuildings, shipbuildings.