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Columniation

The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Arch noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Architectural ornament noun · 78% connection

(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence…

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Art form noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)

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Attic noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

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Column noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

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Conge noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a concave molding

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Congee noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a concave molding

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Corbel noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

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Corbel arch noun · 78% connection

(architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet

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Corbel step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Corbie gable noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps

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Corbie-step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Corbiestep noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Corner noun · 78% connection

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

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Crow step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Cyma noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

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Cymatium noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

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Apteral adjective · 78% connection

Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphipr…

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Arcade noun · 78% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Baldachin noun · 78% connection

A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; ge…

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Colonnade noun · 78% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Columnar adjective · 78% connection

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Conformation noun · 78% connection

The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

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Construction noun · 78% connection

The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.

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Construe verb · 78% connection

To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover t…

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Craft noun · 78% connection

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

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Cyclostylar adjective · 78% connection

Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within.

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Enginery noun · 78% connection

Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

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