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architecture 14 words

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  1. architrave
    the molding around a door or window
  2. loggia
    a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
  3. entablature
    (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
  4. capital
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
  5. lanai
    a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
  6. frieze
    an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
  7. cornice
    the topmost projecting part of an entablature
  8. fillet
    a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
  9. module
    one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
  10. pediment
    a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
  11. gable
    the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
  12. tympanum
    the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
  13. moulding
    sculpture produced by molding
  14. sculptural relief
    sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background