Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abutment | masonry on a wall that supports an arch. |
| acroter acroterion acroterium | a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment. |
| acroterial | pertaining to an ACROTERIUM; as, acroterial ornaments. |
| adobe | an unburnt brick dried in the sun. |
| adobelike | like ADOBE. |
| aedicule | an opening such as a door or window framed by columns on either side and pediments above. |
| agrafe agraffe | a hooked clasp used by masons to hold blocks together. |
| aisle | a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc.; gangway. |
| aisled | having aisles. |
| amphiprostyle | with columns at each end but not at sides. |
| annulet | a small ring around a classical column. |
| anta | 1. (Lat.) a square pilaster at either side of a doorway > ANTAE. 2. an Indonesian animal > ANTAS. |
| antefix | an ornament at the end of a classical building, hiding the ends of roof tiles > ANTEFIXA or ANTEFIXAE. |
| antefixa | an ornament at the end of a classical building, hiding the ends of roof tiles > ANTEFIXAE. |
| antefixal | relating to an ANTEFIX, an ornament at the end of a classical building. |
| anthemion | a flat cluster of leaves or flowers as an ornament in classical art; in architecture, a honeysuckle ornament > ANTHEMIA. |
| apophyge | the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. [Gk. apophyge, escape]. |
| apteral | wingless; (Arch.) without columns along the sides. |
| arcade | a set of arches and their supporting columns; a covered and sometimes arched passageway, usually with shops on one or both sides; (verb) to furnish with an arcade. |
| arcading | arcades collectively. |
| arcature | a small or blind arcade. |
| arching | (noun) an arched structure. |
| architect | one engaged in architecture; (verb) to construct. |
| architectonic | of or pertaining to architecture or architects. |
| architrave | parts surrounding a door or window, especially the top. |
| archivolt | a curved moulding on the face of an arch. |
| archlet | a small arch. |
| archstone | one of the wedge-shaped pieces forming an arch or vault, aka VOUSSOIR. |
| archway | a passageway or entrance under an arch or arches. |
| arcology | the fusion of architecture with ecology. |
| areaway | a sunken area leading to a basement entrance. |
| areostyle araeostyle | having columns four diameters or more apart; (noun) a building or colonnade so built. |
| areosystile araeosystyle | alternately ARAEOSTYLE and SYSTYLE. |
| arris | a sharp edge on stone; a meeting of two surfaces. |
| ashlar ashler | a squared or dressed stone used in building or facing a wall; (verb) to face with ashlar. |
| astelic | without a central column or stele. |
| astely | the absence of a central cylinder or stele. |
| astylar | lacking columns. |
| atlas | 1. a book of maps > ATLASES. 2. a figure of a man serving as a column in a building > ATLANTES. |
| backwall | a rear wall. |
| bailey | the outer wall or courtyard of a castle. |
| balconet | a miniature balcony. |
| balconied | having a balcony. |
| balcony | a platform projecting from the wall of a building with a balustrade or railing along its outer edge, often with access from a door or window. |
| balection | a moulding around a panel. |
| ballium | the outer wall and first line of defence of a castle. [LL. form of BAILEY]. |
| baluster | a small pillar supporting a stair-rail. |
| balustered | having balusters. |
| balustrade | a row of columns supporting a stair rail. |
| bandelet | a small flat moulding around a column. |
| banister bannister | any of the upright pillars supporting the handrail of a staircase; the whole structure of rail and uprights. |
| barbican | an outer defensive work; esp a tower at a gate or bridge. |
| bargeboard | a board projecting from a roof gable. |
| barmkin | a battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle. |
| bartisan bartizan | a small overhanging turret projecting from an angle on the top of a tower. |
| bartizaned | having a BARTIZAN. |
| baseboard | a board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; aka MOPBOARD, skirting board. |
| bastile bastille | a tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. |
| bastion | a tower at the corner of a fortification. [OF bastir, to build]. |
| bastioned | having bastions. |
| beading | (noun) decoration in the form of or resembling beads, esp. lacelike looped edging. |
| bellcast | designating a style of roof architecture. |
| bellcote | an ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells. |
| belvedere | a structure (such as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view. [Ital. bel, beautiful + vedere, view]. |
| berm berme | a narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch. |
| beton | the French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion. |
| bilection | see BOLECTION. |
| blockwork | hollow blocks of precast concrete used for building. |
| bolection bilection | a decorative moulding above or around a panel etc. |
| bondstone | a stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone. |
| bowfront | having a convex front. |
| bracing | (noun) a brace or reinforcement. |
| brandreth | a stand of wood for a cask or hayrick; a rail round a well. |
| breastsummer bressummer | a beam supporting the front of a building. |
| breezeway | a roofed often open passage connecting two buildings or two halves of a building. |
| brick | a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction. |
| bricking | brickwork. |
| brickwork | a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks; construction using bricks. |
| bricky | of or like a brick > BRICKIER, BRICKIEST. |
| bridgeboard | a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers. |
| briquet briquette | a brick-shaped block made of compressed coal-dust; (verb) to form into briquettes. |
| butment | a buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. |
| buttress | an external structure built to support a wall or a building; something or someone that supports; (verb) to support. |
| came | (noun) a lead rod for framing a pane in a leaded or stained glass window. |
| cameral | chambered, vaulted. |
| camerated | chambered, vaulted. N.B. there is no verb CAMERATE*. |
| cameration | a vaulting or arching over. |
| casement | a vertically-hinged frame with glass forming (part of) a window. |
| cauliculus | one of the slender stems springing from the CAULES or main stalks supporting the volutes in the Corinthian capital > CAULICULI. |
| cavetto | a concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture > CAVETTOS or CAVETTI. |
| ceil ciel | to provide with a ceiling. |
| ceiling cieling | the inner upper surface of a room. |
| ceilinged | having a ceiling. |
| chambranle | decoration around a door frame or fireplace. |
| chapiter | the capital of a column. [Fr. chapitre]. |
| chaptrel | the capital of a pillar which supports an arch. |
| chimbley chimbly chimla chimley chumley | a chimney. |
| chimenea | a freestanding fireplace for outdoor use > CHIMENEAS. |
| cill | a sill. |
| clapboard | a narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other, used for weatherboarding the outside of houses; (verb) to cover with clapboard. |
| clearstory clerestory | upper storey of a church; windows near the roof of a building. |
| cleithral clithral | completely roofed over. |
| clinker klinker | a very hard paving brick. |
| coign coigne quoin | a wedge; a cornerstone; (verb) to secure or raise by wedging. |
| colonnade | a row of evenly spaced column or trees. |
| columnal columnar | pertaining to columns; like a column; formed or arranged in columns. |
| columnated | having columns; as, columnated temples. |
| columned | having columns. |
| compluvium | a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the IMPLUVIUM or cistern > COMPLUVIUMS or COMPLUVIA. |
| compo | a mortar of cement; a mixture of whiting, resin and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices > COMPOS. |
| concha | the plain semidome of an APSE; sometimes used for the entire apse > CONCHAE. |
| contignation | joining together of timber. |
| coomceiled | said of an attic room with the inside ceiling sloping from the wall. |
| copestone | a stone for coping. |
| coping | (noun) the covering course of the masonry of a wall. |
| corbe | a CORBEL, a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, used for supporting pillars or other weights. |
| corbel | a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, used for supporting pillars or other weights. |
| corbeled corbelled | having CORBELS. |
| corbeling corbelling | corbels taken collectively. |
| cornice | a moulding at the junction of ceiling and walls; (verb) to provide with a cornice. |
| corniced | having a CORNICE. |
| cortile | an enclosed, usu. roofless courtyard > CORTILI. |
| coulisse | a piece of timber having a groove in which something glides. |
| coved | formed with an arch. |
| coving | the projection of upper storeys over lower; a quadrant moulding covering the join between wall and ceiling. |
| coyau | a steep roof design > COYAUS. |
| crenel | a crenellation; (verb) to crenellate > CRENELED/CRENELLED. |
| crenelate crenellate | to provide with battlements. |
| crenelle | a crenellation. |
| crenulate | minutely crenate. |
| cresting | an ornamental ridging to a wall or roof. |
| cribwork | a timber framework for e.g. a pier or mine. |
| crocket | a curling leaf along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables. |
| crocketed | having CROCKETS, curling leaves along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables. |
| crossbeam | a beam joining other beams. |
| crossette | a small projecting part of an impost-stone at the extremity of an arch. |
| crosstie | a supporting tie placed transversely. |
| crosstied | tied with a CROSSTIE, supporting tie placed transversely. |
| crowstep | a step-like figure on a gable. |
| cruck | one of a pair of curved timbers supporting a roof. |
| crypt | a cellar, vault, or underground chamber, esp. beneath a church, where it is often used as a chapel, burial place, etc. |
| cupola | a spherical vault or concave ceiling; (verb) to furnish with a cupola. |
| cupolar | of or like a CUPOLA. |
| cupolated | furnished with a CUPOLA. N.B. there is no verb CUPOLATE. |
| cyclopean cyclopian | relating to a prehistoric Greek style of masonry with immense stones of irregular form. |
| cyma | an ogee moulding of the cornice > CYMAE or CYMAS. |
| cymatium | the topmost molding of a cornice > CYMATIA. |
| dado | a skirting-board > DADOS or DADOES; (verb) to fit with a dado > DADOES, DADOED, DADOING. |
| dalle | a slab or tile, often decorative. |
| deadlight | a strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm. |
| decastyle | a portico with ten columns in front. |
| demilune | a half-moon-shaped object, body, or structure. Also SEMILUNE. |
| dentel dentil | a DENTICLE, a small square block in a moulding. |
| dentiled | with DENTILS or rectangular blocks. |
| diagrid | a structure of interlocking diagonal beams used for support. |
| diastyle | with columns about three diameters apart. |
| diglyph | a projecting face like the TRIGLYPH, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it. |
| dipteros | a building with a double peristyle or colonnade > DIPTEROI or DIPTEROSES. |
| distyle | a portico with two columns. |
| ditriglyph | a space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. |
| dobie doby dobe | an adobe, a sun-dried brick made of clay and straw. |
| domal | of or relating to a house or dome. |
| domic domical | like a dome. |
| domically | in a domical manner. |
| domy | dome-like; having domes > DOMIER, DOMIEST. |
| donjon | a strong central tower in ancient castles. |
| door | a hinged or sliding panel for closing the entrance to a room, cupboard, etc. |
| doorcase | the frame of a door. Also DOORFRAME. |
| doorframe | the frame of a door. |
| doorjamb doorpost | one of the two vertical members forming the sides of a doorframe. |
| doorsill | the sill or threshold of a door. |
| doorstone | the stone forming a threshold. |
| doorway | an opening into a building, room, etc., esp. one that has a door. |
| dormant | (noun) a crossbeam, a joist. |
| dormer | a gabled window. |
| dormered | having DORMER windows. |
| dosseret | a block resting on the capital of a column. |
| doucine | an ogee moulding of the cornice. |
| downpipe | a drainpipe which takes rainwater from the gutter of a roof. |
| dreamhole | a hole in the wall of a tower, steeple etc. admitting light. |
| droplight | an apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant. |
| drystone | constructed of stone without mortar. |
| drywall | a wall constructed of stones without mortar. |
| dutchman | something used to hide structural defects. |
| dwang | a piece of timber used to reinforce joists, a strut. [Du. dwang, force, constraint]. |
| eave | the lower edge of a roof. |
| eaved | having EAVES. |
| echinus | a carved molding just below the abacus of a Doric capital; a sea-urchin > ECHINUSES or ECHINI. [L. from Gk. ekhinos, hedgehog]. |
| ecoceture | a type of architecture based on concern for ecological principles such as sustainability and environmental impact. |
| embrasure embrazure | a loophole in fortifications; a window-opening with slanted sides. |
| emplecton emplectum | ashlar masonry filled up with rubble. |
| encarpus | an ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc > ENCARPUSES. |
| encastre | of a beam, fixed at the ends. |
| entablature | that part of a design in classical architecture which surmounts the columns and rests upon the capitals. |
| entasis | a swelling on vertical columns to counteract an optical illusion of concavity > ENTASES. |
| entresol | a low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; a MEZZANINE. |
| epaule | the shoulder of a bastion. |
| epaulement | a side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy. |
| epinaos | a rear vestibule > EPINAOI. |
| epistyle | an architrave. |
| escalier | a staircase. |
| espagnolette | the fastening of a French window. |
| etage | a floor storey. |
| eustyle | with columns spaced at about two diameters and a quarter. |
| extrados | the exterior curve of an arch; esp. the upper curved face of the whole body of VOUSSOIRS > EXTRADOSES. Cf. INTRADOS. |
| falsework | a temporary framework used to support a building during construction. |
| fanlight | a half-circle window with crossbars arranged like ribs of fan. |
| fastigium | the apex of a building; a gable-end; a pediment > FASTIGIUMS. |
| femerall | an outlet for smoke in a roof. [OF fumeraille, from L. fumus, smoke]. |
| fenestral | of or pertaining to windows. |
| fiberfill fibrefill | synthetic fibres used as a filling material. |
| fibro fibrocement | a wallboard of compressed asbestos and cement. Th pl. of FIBRO is FIBROS. |
| fieldstone | stone for building, taken from a field. |
| filister | a groove on a window frame. |
| finial | a decoration on the top of a gable or spire; on furniture, a decorative turned knob. |
| finialed | having a FINIAL, a decoration on the top of a gable or spire. |
| firemark | a metal plate formerly placed by insurance companies to mark an insured building. |
| fireplace | an open recess in a wall of a room, at the base of a chimney, etc., for a fire; a hearth. |
| firring furring | strips of wood to provide a level surface or air space. |
| flagstone | a large paving stone. |
| flaunching | a sloping piece of cement, e.g. round the base of a chimney-pot. |
| fleche | a slender spire, usu. of wood and rising from a roof. |
| fletton | a type of brick made near Fletton in Cambridgeshire, of a mottled yellow and pink colour. |
| fluate | a fluosilicate applied as a solution to building stone to make it harder and more durable. |
| flue | a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp. as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc. |
| flued | having a FLUE. |
| footstall | a pedestal or plinth. |
| forestair | an outside stair at the front of a house. |
| formwork | shuttering to contain concrete. |
| fortalice | a fortress; a small outwork of a fortification. |
| freestone | a type of building stone that can be cut and sawn with little risk of fracturing. |
| frieze frise | a decorated strip between ARCHITRAVE and CORNICE; a rough heavy woollen cloth; (verb) to put a frieze on. |
| fronton frontoon | a pediment. |
| furring | see FIRRING. |
| fusarol fusarole | an astragal moulding, a semicircular moulding round a column, etc. |
| gable | to form a triangular section of a wall. |
| gablelike | like a GABLE. |
| gablet | a small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. |
| gadroon godroon | an ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding; (verb) to ornament with gadroons. |
| galleried | having a gallery. |
| gallery | a long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; (verb) to provide with a gallery. |
| gallet | a small pebble; (verb) to fill in mortar joints with small pebbles. [Fr. galet, pebble]. |
| gantry gauntree gauntry | a frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. |
| gargoyled | fitted with gargoyles. |
| gault | a heavy clay used for bricks. |
| gazebo | a summer-house > GAZEBOES or GAZEBOS. |
| girder | a large beam, esp. one made of steel, used in the construction of bridges, buildings, etc. |
| glyph | a sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. |
| godroon | see GADROON. |
| gorgerin | in some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings. Aka NECKING. |
| gothicise gothicize | to make Gothic. |
| gradin gradine gradino | a step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. The pl. of GRADINO is GRADINI. |
| grece grecian greece grees greese greesing grese gressing grice griece gris grize | a flight of steps. |
| grecque | a fret pattern in architecture. |
| grieced | having steps. |
| griff griffe | a claw-shaped decoration at the base of a column. |
| grillage | a framework of timber. |
| groining | a groin or an arrangement of groins; groined work. |
| groundplot | the plot of ground on which a building stands. |
| groundsel groundsell groundsill | the lowest timber of a structure. |
| guerite | a projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions. |
| guichet | a ticket window or similar small opening. |
| gunite | a finely graded cement concrete sprayed into position under air pressure. |
| gutta | a small, drop-like ornament on a Doric entablature > GUTTAE or GUTTAS. |
| haha | a sunken fence. |
| halfpace | a dais; a small landing on staircase. [OF. haut pas]. |
| headstone | the principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. |
| heck | the lower part of a door, an inner door, a grating. |
| heroon | a temple to a hero; a temple-shaped tomb > HEROONS. |
| hexastyle | having six columns in front. |
| hoggin hogging | sifted gravel as used in building. |
| hoodmold | a moulding over a door or window. |
| houselike | resembling a house. |
| housetop | the top or roof of a house. |
| hupaithric upaithric | = HYPAETHRAL, roofless; open to the sky. |
| hypaethral hypethral | roofless; open to the sky (usu. intentionally, so as to see the stars. |
| hypaethron | an open court. |
| hypocaust | an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
| hypogaeum hypogeum | the underground part of building > HYPOGAEA, HYPOGEA. |
| hypophyge | the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. Also APOPHYGE. |
| hypostyle | having a roof supported by columns. |
| imbrex | in Roman buildings, one of a series of usu. curved tiles fitting over flat tiles > IMBRICES. |
| impave | to pave. |
| impluvium | in Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to receive the water from the roof > IMPLUVIA. |
| ingle | a fire in a room; a fireplace. |
| ingleneuk inglenook | an alcove by a large open fire. |
| intertie | a short timber binding together upright posts. |
| intrados | the undersurface of an arch or vault > INTRADOSES. |
| isodomon isodomum | masonry of uniform blocks in course of equal heights, the vertical joints placed in the middle of the blocks below > ISODOMA. |
| isodomous | in the form of an ISODOMON, masonry of uniform blocks in course of equal heights. |
| jerkinhead | a truncated gable with a lipped roof. |
| joist | a beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling; (verb) to fit with joists. |
| judas | a Judas hole, a peep-hole in a door. |
| jutty | a pier, a projecting part of a wall; (verb) to stick out > JUTTIES, JUTTYING, JUTTIED; (adj.) sticking out > JUTTIER, JUTTIEST . |
| kickplate | the space in front of the fireplace of a kiln. |
| killogie logie | the space in front of the fireplace of a kiln. |
| kingpost | a perpendicular beam in frame of roof. |
| klinker | see CLINKER. |
| knosp | an architectural ornament in the form of a bud. [Ger. Knospe, bud]. |
| lancet | a type of window. |
| lanceted | having lancet windows. |
| laquearia | a ceiling consisting of panelled recessed compartments, with bands between the panels. No —S. |
| larmier | a corona or other course serving as a drip-stone. |
| lathwork | lathing. |
| latilla | a stick making up part of a ceiling. |
| lattice | an open framework of metal or wooden strips; (verb) to provide (as) with a lattice or lattice-work. |
| leep | to plaster with cow-dung. |
| lierne | in Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another. |
| ligger | a horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a lower millstone. |
| lintel lintol | a horizontal beam supporting the load above a door. |
| lintelled linteled | having a lintel. |
| listel | a narrow border or molding. |
| loftless | without a loft. |
| loftlike | resembling a loft. |
| loggia | a covered open arcade > LOGGIE or LOGGIAS. |
| logie | see KILLOGIE. |
| loophole | to cut loopholes in the walls of, provide with loopholes. |
| louver louvre | a sloping slat placed across an opening. |
| louvered | having LOUVERS. |
| louvred | having LOUVRES. |
| lovered | louvred. |
| lozen | a window-pane. |
| lucarne | a dormer window. |
| lum | a chimney. |
| lunette | a crescent-shaped space where a vault meets a wall. |
| luthern | a dormer window. |
| lychnoscope | a low side window. |
| machicolation | an opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. |
| maindoor | a door giving independent access to a house, rather than opening on a common passage. |
| mansard | a hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. [From Francois Mansart, a French architect]. |
| mansarded | having a MANSARD, a hipped curb roof. |
| mantel | the finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. |
| manteltree | the lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses. |
| masonried | constructed of MASONRY. |
| masonry | the craft of a mason; work that is built by a mason; stonework or brickwork. |
| merlon | a narrow wall in a battlement between embrasures. |
| metope | a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze > METOPES or METOPAE. |
| mezzanine | an ENTRESOL; also, a small low window in an attic. |
| modillion | an ornamental bracket under a Corinthian or other column. [Ital. modiglione, from L. modulus, from modus, a measure]. |
| moellon | rubble in mason-work. |
| moineau | a small flat bastion to protect a fortress under construction. |
| monial | a mullion. |
| monopitch | of a roof, forming a single uniform slope. |
| monopteral | round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple. |
| monopteros | a building with single ring of columns supporting a roof > MONOPTERA. |
| monostylar monostyle | consisting of a single shaft. |
| moongate | a circular gate in a wall > MOONGATES. |
| mopboard | a narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; aka skirting board. |
| mortar | (verb) to join or plaster with mortar. |
| mortary | containing or resembling mortar. |
| motte | an artificial mound upon which a castle is built. |
| moucharaby | in N. Africa, an external balcony enclosed with latticework. |
| mudsill | the lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil. |
| mullion munnion | an upright division between window panes; (verb) to divide a window with mullions. |
| multipaned | having many panes. |
| multistory | of a building, having many stories; (noun) such a building. |
| munnion | see MULLION. |
| muntin munting | the vertical framing piece between door panels. |
| muntined | having a muntin. |
| mutular | relating to a MUTULE, a kind of square, flat bracket, in Doric architecture. |
| mutule | a kind of square, flat bracket, in Doric architecture, above each triglyph and each metope, with guttae. [L. mutulus]. Cf. MODILLION. |
| nebule | wavy moulding. |
| necking | a molding between a column and entablature. |
| neogothic | a style of architecture popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| newel | an upright column in middle of circular staircase; a post at the end of stairs. |
| newelled | having a NEWEL, an upright column in middle of circular staircase. |
| nogging | masonry or brickwork between wooden frame. |
| nosing | the projecting round edge of a stair, sill etc. |
| octastyle octostyle | having eight columns in the front. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are HEXASTYLE. |
| oculus | any eye-like feature, especially a large circular window at the west end of a church > OCULI. |
| ogee | an arch of two curves meeting at a point. |
| ogeed | having an OGEE. |
| ogival | of or like an OGIVE. |
| ogive | a diagonal rib of a Gothic arch; a pointed arch. |
| opisthodomos | a portico or apartment at the back of an ancient Greek or Roman temple, a posticum > OPISTHODOMOI. |
| oriel | a projecting bay window supported with corbel or bracket. |
| orielled | having an ORIEL, a projecting bay window supported with corbel or bracket. |
| outshot | a projection in a building or a recess made in the wall of a room. |
| oversail | to project. |
| ovolo | a moulding with the rounded part comprised of a quarter circle > OVOLI or OVOLOS. |
| pane | to insert panes into. |
| panopticon | a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point. |
| pantile | an overlapping, S-shaped roofing tile. |
| pantiled | roofed with PANTILES. |
| pantiling | PANTILES collectively. |
| parapet | a bank built to provide protection from the enemy's observation and fire; esp. one on top of a wall or rampart, or in front of a trench. |
| parapeted | having a parapet. |
| parge parget | to plaster. PARGET gives PARGETED or PARGETTED; PARGETING or PARGETTING. |
| parpane parpen parpend parpent parpoint perpent | a stone passing through a wall from face to face. |
| parquet | a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks; (verb) to cover a floor with parquet. |
| parqueted | covered with PARQUET, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. |
| parquetry | the art of making PARQUET, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. |
| pediment | a triangular structure crowning front of a Greek building. |
| pendentive | the portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola. |
| pent | a penthouse; a sloping or overhanging roof. |
| pentastyle | having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. |
| pentice pentise | a penthouse; (verb) to provide or cover with a penthouse. |
| pentroof | a roof that slopes one way only. |
| pergola | an arbor formed of columns supporting trelliswork on which climbing plants are often trained. |
| peribolos peribolus | a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct > PERIBOLOI, PERIBOLI. |
| peridrome | a gallery or balcony that ran round all four sides of a classical building. |
| peripter | a structure with a row of columns around all sides. |
| periptery | a PERIPTERAL building; the turbulent air around a flying object. |
| peristylar | relating to a PERISTYLE, a range of columns around a building or courtyard. |
| peristyle | a range of columns around a building or courtyard. |
| perpent | see PARPANE. |
| perron | a raised platform or terrace at an entrance door. |
| pilaster | a square column partially embedded in a wall. |
| pilework | work or foundation made of piles. |
| pillar | to provide with a pillar for support or ornamentation. |
| pilotis | a series of columns or piles, used to raise the base of a building above ground level > PILOTIS. |
| pinnacle | a slender spire; (verb) to equip with a pinnacle. |
| pinnet | a pinnacle. |
| pise | a species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises. The e has an accent. |
| plafond | a decorated ceiling. |
| planch planche | a plank, a board; (verb) to floor, board. |
| plaster | a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry; (verb) to cover with plaster. |
| plasterboard | a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. |
| plateglass | designating a kind of glass used for windows. |
| plinth | the rectangular base of a column or pedestal. |
| podial | relating to a PODIUM, a low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. |
| podium | a low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall > PODIA or PODIUMS. |
| polystyle | having many columns. |
| porch | a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance. |
| porched | having a porch. |
| porchless | without a porch. |
| portal | an entrance, gateway, or doorway, esp. one that is large and impressive. |
| portaled | equipped with portals. |
| portico | a formal entrance to a classical temple, church, or other building, consisting of columns at regular intervals supporting a roof often in the form of a pediment > PORTICOS or PORTICOES. |
| porticoed | having a PORTICO. |
| postern | a back door; a door or gate distinct from the main entrance; a side way or entrance. |
| propylaeum | any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure > PROPYLAEA. |
| propylon | the porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice > PROPYLA. |
| prostyle | in Greek architecture, a front portico without ANTAE, a building with such a portico and no other. |
| prytaneum | a public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers > PRYTANEA. |
| purlin purline | a supporting timber stretching across rafters. |
| putlock putlog | a cross-piece in a scaffolding. |
| quadratura | a wall or ceiling painted with arches and columns in strong perspective > QUADRATURE (which is also a singular in its own right, meaning the act of squaring). |
| quarterlight | a small triangular ventilation window in a car. |
| quoin | see COIGN. |
| rafter | to build or provide with rafters. |
| rag ragg ragstone | a rough hard stone. |
| raggle | a groove in masonry; (verb) to make a raggle in. |
| ragwork | a kind of rubblework, esp. of thin and small stones. |
| rainspout | a gutter, a downspout. |
| ravelin | a projecting out-work in fortification, having two embankments forming salient angle. |
| rebar | a reinforcing bar used in concrete. |
| reeding | parallel grooves cut into the edge of a coin at right angles to the faces. |
| reglet | a flat, narrow moulding. |
| regula | in architecture, a fillet below a TRIPTYCH > REGULAE. |
| repave | to pave again. |
| revet | to face with masonry etc. Pp. REVETTING, pt. REVETTED. |
| revetment | a masonry etc. facing of an embankment or trench. |
| rhone roan rone ronepipe | a roof-gutter. |
| ribwork | a rib vaulting. |
| rickstand | a flooring or framework on which a rick is made. |
| ridgepole ridgetree | the timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured. |
| rigol | a groove in wood or stone; a slot. |
| riprap | a protective foundation, embankment, etc. made of loose chunks of stones placed together; (verb) to construct a breakwater or other work with a foundation of loose stone. |
| roan | see RHONE. |
| rockwork | stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. |
| rococo | a style of architecture marked by much ornamentation esp. scrollwork. |
| rondel rondelle | a small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. |
| rone | see RHONE. |
| ronepipe | see RONE. |
| rooflike | like a roof. |
| roofline | the outline of a roof. |
| roofscape | a view of roofs. |
| rooftop | the top of a roof. |
| rooftree | the beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. |
| roofy | having roofs > ROOFIER, ROOFIEST. |
| rosace | a rosette; a rose-window. |
| rotunda | a rounded, domed building or hall. |
| roundarch | having semicircular arches. |
| ruelle | the space between the bed and the wall. [Fr. ruelle, little street]. |
| rybat | a dressed stone at the side of a door, window etc. |
| sacellum | an unroofed space consecrated to a divinity > SACELLA. |
| sagitta | a keystone; a versed sign of an arc > SAGITTAS. |
| samel | of a brick or tile > imperfectly burnt. |
| sarking | thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes. |
| scabble scapple | to work stone smoothly, without smoothing to a finish. |
| scagliola | stone-like plasterwork for interior decoration, made of powdered marble made into a past, applied to a gesso ground and polished. |
| scalpins | small stones used for drainage in excavation and as hardcore. N.B. there is no singular SCALPIN. |
| scapple | see SCABBLE. |
| scoinson sconcheon scontion scuncheon | the inner part of a door jamb or window frame. |
| scotia | a concave molding used especially in classical architecture > SCOTIAS. |
| screeding | (noun) the material of a screed, as used to finish a floor. |
| seeling | a ceiling. In OSPD SEELING is valid, but only as a participle of SEEL, hence SEELINGS is #. |
| semidome | half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section. |
| semidomed | having a half dome. |
| semilune | a half-moon-shaped object, body, or structure. Also DEMILUNE. |
| severy | a compartment of a vaulted ceiling. |
| sexfoil | a window, design etc. with six lobes or leaves. |
| sharawadgi sharawaggi | in design, architecture etc., the use of irregularity for deliberate, artful, contrastive effect. |
| sidepiece | the jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window. |
| sield | = CEILED, provided with a ceiling. |
| skewback | either of two inset abutments sloped to support a segmental arch. |
| skybridge | a covered elevated bridge connecting two buildings. |
| skylight | a window placed in a roof or ceiling to admit daylight. Aka FANLIGHT. |
| skywalk | an elevated walkway between two buildings. |
| slipform | a form that can be moved slowly as work progresses; (verb) to work using a slipform. |
| soaker | a small piece of lead used to form a watertight joint with a chimney where it projects from a roof. |
| socle | a plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall, column etc. |
| soffit | the ornamented underside of a stair or archway. |
| solidum | a large moulding along the base of a pedestal > SOLIDUMS. |
| solive | a joist or beam of secondary importance. |
| spandrel spandril | the triangular space between the curve of arch and the right angle enclosing it. |
| spire+ | a tall slender architectural structure tapering to a point. |
| spirelet | a slender spire, aka FLECHE. |
| staircase | a flight of stairs, its supporting framework, and, usually, a handrail or banisters. |
| staircased | having a STAIRCASE. |
| staircasing | a staircase or staircases collectively. |
| staired | having, or arranged like, stairs. |
| stairfoot | the level place at the foot of the stairs. |
| stairhead | the level place at the top of the stairs. |
| stairway | a means of access consisting of stairs; staircase or flight of steps. |
| stairwell | a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase. |
| stanchel | an upright beam, bar or support; (verb) to support by a STANCHEL > STANCHELLED. |
| stanchion | an upright beam, bar or support; (verb) to support by a stanchion. |
| stayre | stair. |
| stoep | a platform along the front, and sometimes the side, of a house. |
| stonework | any work in stone. |
| storey | a floor or level of a building. |
| storeyed | having STOREYS. |
| storiated | decorated with elaborate ornamental designs. N.B. there is no verb STORIATE. |
| stretcher | a brick placed lengthwise in masonry. |
| striga | the flute of a column > STRIGAE. |
| stringcourse | a horizontal band or molding set in the front of a building. |
| stucco | a kind of plaster for exteriors of buildings, especially highly ornamented > STUCCOES. (Verb) to coat with stucco > STUCCOS. |
| studding | the woodwork of a lath and plaster wall or partition; a piece of wood for this. |
| studwork | brickwork walls between studs; studded leather. |
| stylobate | a continuous pedestal supporting a row of columns. |
| subarcuate | somewhat arched; with two or more arches under a main arch. |
| subbase | the lowest part of a base. |
| subceiling | an under-ceiling. |
| subfloor | a rough floor underlying a finished floor. |
| sunblind | a blind to keep out the sun. |
| sunporch | a screened porch with sunny exposure. |
| surbase | a cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. |
| surbased | having a SURBASE, a cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. |
| surbed | to set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. |
| systyle | having an intercolumniation of two diameters; (noun) such an arrangement. |
| tanalised tanalized | of timber, treated with Tanalith, a proprietary preservative. |
| tarpaper | paper coated with tar, for covering roofs etc. |
| teer | to daub, plaster. |
| tegula | a tile > TEGULAE. |
| telamon | a draped male figure used like a caryatid as a supporting column or pilaster, aka ATLAS > TELAMONES. |
| terrace | a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope; a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face; (verb) to equip with a terrace. |
| terrazzo | a flooring of marble chips set in mortar and then polished > TERRAZZOS. |
| tetrastyle | a building with four columns. |
| thack theek | to thatch. |
| tholobate | the substructure of a dome or cupola. |
| tholos tholus | a round building, dome, cupola > THOLOI, THOLI. |
| tierceron | a subordinate rib springing from the intersection of two other ribs. |
| tige | the shaft of a column. [Fr. tige, stalk]. |
| timberwork | work made of timbers. |
| timpanum tympanum | the space between an arch and the lintel of a portal > TIMPANA or TIMPANUMS; TYMPANA or TYMPANUMS. |
| topstone | a stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top. |
| toric | having the form of a TORUS, a rounded swelling. |
| torsel | a plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam. |
| torus | a rounded swelling; the lowest moulding of a column > TORI, TORUSES. |
| trabeate | built of horizontal beams rather than arches. |
| trabeated | constructed of horizontal beams, as Greek architecture. |
| trabeation | a construct of horizontal beams. |
| trabecula | a rod-like structure running across a cavity and giving it internal support > TRABECULAE or TRABECULAS. |
| traceried | with TRACERY. |
| tracery | a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp. as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc. |
| transom | a structure dividing a window horizontally. |
| transomed | having a TRANSOM, a structure dividing a window horizontally. |
| trave | a crossbeam or space between crossbeams. |
| treille | a trellis. |
| trellis | a structure of cross-barred or lattice-work; (verb) to fit with a trellis. |
| triapsal triapsidal | having three apses. |
| triclinium | a couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts > TRICLINIA. |
| triforial | relating to a TRIFORIUM. |
| triforium | a gallery or arcade over an aisle; a gallery over nave and choir > TRIFORIA. |
| triglyph | an architectural ornament of a tablet bearing two V-shaped channels. |
| trumeau | a piece of wall or pillar between two openings > TRUMEAUX. |
| turret | a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, esp. a medieval castle. |
| turreted | having turrets. |
| turrical | like a turret. |
| unroof | to remove the roof from. |
| upaithric | see HUPAITHRIC. |
| vaultage | vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. |
| ventana | a window. |
| veranda verandah viranda virando | a roofed gallery, terrace, or open portico along the front or side of a building. |
| verandaed | having a VERANDA. |
| verandahed | having a VERANDAH. |
| viga | a ceiling beam. |
| vomitorium vomitory | an opening in a large building by which a crowd is let out. The pl. of VOMITORIUM is VOMITORIA. |
| voussoir | one of the wedge-shaped pieces forming an arch or vault; (verb) to construct with a voussoir. |
| wainscot | to line with boards or panels; (noun) fine oak panelling. |
| wainscoting wainscotting | (noun) oak panelling. |
| walkup | (something) reached by means of stairs. |
| wallboard | building board, board for lining walls. |
| weephole | a hole in a wall to allow water to escape from behind. |
| wellhole | the open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase. |
| windock winnock | a window. |
| windore | a window. |
| window | (verb) to provide with windows. |
| windowpane | the glass in a window. |
| windowy | like a window > WINDOWIER, WINDOWIEST. |
| windway | a passage for air. |
| woodblock | a type of flooring. |
| xyst xystos xystus | a long covered portico or court used by ancient Greek athletes for exercises > XYSTS, XYSTOI, XYSTI. |
| yate yett | a gate, door. |
| zocco zoccolo | a plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall, column etc > ZOCCOS, ZOCCOLOS. Cf. SOCLE. |