Mural

mural
    adj 1: of or relating to walls; "mural painting"
    n 1: a painting that is applied to a wall surface [syn: {mural},
         {wall painting}]
    

Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
   {Mure} a wall.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
      growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
      "Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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   2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
      precipice.
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   {Mural circle} (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
      the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
      wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
      {Circle}, n., 3.

   {Mural crown} (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
      gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
      him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
      there lodged a standard.
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "mural":
      abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, collage,
      color print, copy, cyclorama, daub, diptych, engraving, fresco,
      icon, illumination, illustration, image, likeness, miniature,
      montage, mosaic, panorama, parietal, partitioned, photograph,
      picture, print, representation, reproduction, septal,
      stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry,
      triptych, wall painting, walled