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Usage

• moratorium

  A moratorium on a particular activity or process is an official agreement to stop it temporarily.

• aquarium

  a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

• auditorium

  the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

• crematorium

  a mortuary where corpses are cremated

• emporium

  a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise

• natatorium

  pool that provides a facility for swimming

• planetarium

  a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling

• sanatorium

  a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

• terrarium

  a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed

• vivarium

  an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions