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Revetment
- noun - a barrier against explosives
- a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
Revetting
- verb - construct a revetment
- face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment"
Secernate
- verb - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Secerning
- verb - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Secession
- noun - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
- formal separation from an alliance or federation
- the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
Sedentary
- adjective - requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
Selecting
- verb - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Selection
- noun - a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
- the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
- the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
Selective
- adjective - characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions"
- tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown