EC28: Why is a seven-sided figure included in the Urbino studiolo?. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
It is seven-sided, a heptagon, composed of an infinitely recursive single line. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
Benlo bor-Benliman lay in the middle of a seven-sided star around which were written words in the Old Script. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
These imprecise, seven-sided water crystals formed by being exposed to “dreams” are part of an in-between world. From Wordnik.com. [The Miracle of Water] Reference
It has been found that the walls of Calleva followed the irregular outline of a former British stronghold, and instead of the usual square plan the outline of the city was seven-sided. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
I dreamed of a room of vegetable lathes, worked by hobbit-like creatures that produced perfect, mathematically precise seven-sided tournes, each at an angle of 51.43 degrees to its neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Sophie Brickman: On the Absurdity of Turning Vegetables] Reference
Each level in the seven-sided structure will rotate an average 2.44 degrees between floor plates, giving the structure its distinctive fluid appearance; the building will turn a total of 360 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Chicago Spire] Reference
A single flower as we sat here waiting, but now a seven-sided flower, many-petalled, red, puce, purple-shaded, stiff with silver-tinted leaves — a whole flower to which every eye brings its own contribution. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
At 1-1/2 is shown a seven-sided figure, whose diameter is 3 inches, and radius 1-1/2 inches, and if from the point at 1-1/2 (along the thickened horizontal line), to the diagonal marked 49 degrees, be measured, it will be found exactly equal to the length of a side on the polygon. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
The seven-sided pine rail, the pleasant bed of briar. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference
I know wimmen are falsely called seven-sided lots of times. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha at the World's Fair] Reference
It's characterized by its unusual seven-sided grille that protrudes from between the front fenders. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner National Edition Articles] Reference
The glass reveals two faint stars in addition, making the figure seven-sided or elliptical in form. From Wordnik.com. [A Field Book of the Stars] Reference
The pillars were massive and were seven-sided, a thing which we had not come across in any other tomb. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewel of Seven Stars] Reference
A seven-sided "Gathering Place" will be used for cultural presentations for elementary school students. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
This one is for those following Kaizo's Final Fantasy VII papercrafts, a seven-sided display stand with interchangeable nameplates. From Wordnik.com. [Paperkraft.net] Reference
It was not much of a surprise to us when, underneath the feet of the mummy, we found the seven-sided casket, which you have also seen in Mr. Trelawny's room. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewel of Seven Stars] Reference
Captain Twemlow found no comfort in his native land until he had cut the tallest growth in Admiral Darling's osier bed, and peeled it, and shaved it to a seven-sided taper. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
The shuttle will deliver two modules for the station -- a connecting node named Tranquility, and a seven-sided viewing cupola for the crew to oversee robotics and gaze at Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on February 8 with the connecting hub, named "Tranquility," and a seven-sided viewing port, slated to be installed later this week. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference
In and almost filling the space, at least a mile in width, between the inner and the outer walls were huge, seven-sided structures -- featureless, squat, forbidding heptagons of dull green metal. From Wordnik.com. [Spacehounds of IPC] Reference
Not so Bunce: there were cruel visions in his sight of seven-sided pine-rails -- fierce regulators -- Lynch's law, and all that rude and terrible sort of punishment, which is studiously put in force in those regions for the enjoyment of evil-doers. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference
A work comprised of seven, seven-sided stainless steel rods. From Wordnik.com. [The Scene at Sotheby's] Reference
Why aren’t you in Siberia looking for a seven-sided snowflake?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’] Reference
"The bitterness was realised when I lit my torches, and passed between the seven-sided columns to the Chapel of the tomb. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewel of Seven Stars] Reference
The chamber is seven-sided. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
A seven-sided taper. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
The 800-foot-tall, seven-sided High Tower of Oldtown. From Wordnik.com. [New 2011 ASoIaF Calendar] Reference
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