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Superconception :: Supercolumniation (n.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this..

Tectonic :: Tectonic (a.) Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

Edifice :: Edifice (n.) A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse..

Architrave :: Architrave (n.) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form..

Profile :: Profile (n.) to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member..

Pilaster :: Pilaster (n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less..

Story :: Story (v. t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within..

Facade :: Facade (n.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use..

Plateresque :: Plateresque (a.) Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..

Scroll :: Scroll (n.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern..

Draught :: Draught (v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding..

Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..

Tarsiatura :: Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like..

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Truss :: Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style..

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration..

Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries..

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