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Newel

A novelty; a new thing.

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Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Pillar 76% connected

The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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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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Columniation noun · 78% connection

(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in 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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Change verb · 78% connection

A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

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Innovate verb · 78% connection

To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.

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Modernness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: novelty.
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Neoterism noun · 78% connection

An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.

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Newfangled adjective · 78% connection

Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.

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Newfangledness noun · 78% connection

Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

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Newfangly adverb · 78% connection

In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty.

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Novel adjective · 78% connection

That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

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Novelist noun · 78% connection

An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

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Novelry noun · 78% connection

Novelty; new things.

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Novity noun · 78% connection

Newness; novelty.

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