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Pargeting :: Pargeting (n.) Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught..

Corant :: Corant (n.) Alt. of Corant.

Pampre :: Pampre (n.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns..

Edulcoration :: Edulcoration (n.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water..

Trapezoid :: Trapezoid (a.) Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle..

Edulcorating :: Edulcorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edulcorat.

Palus :: Palus (n.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.

Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Decoration; ornament; beauty.

Purfle :: Purfle (v. t.) To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white..

Chevroned :: Chevroned (p. a.) Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.

Lappet :: Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc..

Amber Room :: Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans..

Dedecoration :: Dedecoration (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.

Virgularian :: Virgularian (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis..

Alhambresque :: Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture..

Corallin :: Corallin (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic..

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Bryozoum :: Bryozoum (n.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.)..

Sternocostal :: Sternocoracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.

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