abacus
acanthus
acroterion
Adam style
adaptive reuse
Aesthetic Movement
alabaster
ambulatory
American bond
American Foursquare
American Renaissance
anchor
ancone
andiron
angel
antefix
anthemion
applied composition
apse
Arabesque
arbor
arcade
arcade window
arch
arch brace
architectural styles
architrave
archivolt
arrow loop
Art Deco
art glass
Art Moderne style
Art Nouveau style
Arts and Crafts style
ashlar
Asian lotus
astragal
Atlantes
atlas
atrium
attic
balconet
balcony
baldachino
balloon framing
baluster
balustrade
band window
banded column
banded pilaster
banderol
banding
baptismal font
bargeboard
Baroque Revival Style
barrel ceiling
barrel roof
barrel vault
base
basilica
basket arch
basket weave
basket-handle arch
bas-relief
batten
batter
battlement
bay
bay window
bead molding
bead-and-reel
beak-head molding
Beaux Arts style
beehive oven
belfry
bell gable
bell roof
bellflower
bellied balconet
beltcourse
belvedere
bema
billet
blind arcade
blind arch
block modillion
board and batten
bond
boss
bouquet
bow window
box beam
bracket
broken pediment
Brutalism
bucranium
Buddhism
building materials
bullnose brick
bull’s eye
Bungalow style
burl
buttress
Byzantine Revival Style
c scroll
caduceus
caisson
calligraphy
came
campanile
canted
cantilever
capital
captain’s walk
Carrara glass panels
cartouche
caryatid
casement window
cast iron
cast stone
castellations
catalog houses
cavetto
cell
Celtic cross
cemetery symbols
cenotaph
ceramic
chair rail
chamfer
chancel
chapel
Chateauesque style
cherry
chevron
Chicago window
chimney breast
chimney cap
chimney hood
chimney pot
chimneypiece
choir
churches
cinquefoil
City Beautiful movement
Classical Chinese gardens
Classical Chinese roofs
Classical Revival
clearstory
clerestory
clinker
clipped gable
cloister
clustered column
coal scuttle
cobblestone
coffering
coin
collar beam
collar tie
Collegiate Gothic style
Colonial Revival style
colonnade
colossal order
column
commercial style
commercial styles
common bond
composite order
compound arch
concrete
concrete block houses
concrete blocks
conductor head
conical roof
console
coquillage
corbel
corbel table
corbie gable
Corinthian order
corner block
cornerstone
cornice
cornucopia
course
coursed rubble
court of honor
cove
Craftsman style
crenelation
creo-dipt shingles
crest
crocket
croset
cross
crossing
crown molding
crow-stepped gable
cruciform
cupola
curtain wall
cushion capital
cusps
Cyclopean masonry
cyma
dado
daub
daylight factory style
dentil
diaper pattern
dog grate
dog tooth
dolphin
dome
Doric order
dormer
double cone molding
dougong
dragon
dressed
dripstone
drop
drum
Dutch Colonial Revival
Dutch gable
ear
Eastlake style
eaves
echinus
Ecole des Beaux Arts
Egyptian cornice
Egyptian Revival style
elbow
elliptical arch
embattled sandwich molding
encrustation
engaged
entablature
entasis
Expressionist style
eyebrow window
façade
fanlight
fasces
faux
Federal style
fender
festoon
finial
fire screen
fireback
firedog
fireplace
fireproof houses
flared
Flemish bond
Flemish scroll
fleur-de-lis
fleuron
fluting
flying buttress
foil
foliate
foursquare
French doors
French Provincial
French Renaissance Revival style
fret
frieze
gable
gable window
gadroon
gallery
gambrel roof
gargoyle
garland
Georgian Revival style
gfrc
Gibbs surround
gilded
gingerbread
glass fiber reinforced concrete (gfrc)
glass panels
glaze
glazed bricks
glazing
gold leaf
gorge cornice
Gothic
Gothic Revival style
gougework
grain elevators
graining
granite
grate
Greek
Greek cross
Greek key
Greek Revival style
Greek temple
Greek-cross plan
green roof
greenman
griffin
grisaille painting
grisaille stained glass
groin vault
grotesque
Guastavino
Guastavino tiles
guilloche
gutta
half-timber
hammer beam
harvard bricks
header
hearth
herm
herringbone
hexagonal roof
hexastyle
hieroglyphics
hipped gable
hipped roof
historic districts
hoodmold
horseshoe arch
houses of worship
hypostyle
icon
iconostasis
imbrication
incised
incrustation
Indiana limestone
industrial style
inglenook
International Style
Ionic order
Islamic style
Jacobean Revival
jamb
Jeffersonian Classicism
jerkinhead
jetty
keep
key pattern
keystone
king post
kit houses
knee brace
label stop
lancet window
lantern
lath
laurel leaves
leaf-and-dart
L’Ecole des Beaux Arts
light
linenfold
lintel
lion
lock
Lockport dolomite
loggia
loophole
lozenge
lucarne
lug
lunette
machicolation
mahogany
Mannerism
mansard roof
mantel
mantelpiece
masonry
mausoleum
meander
medallion
Mediterranean Revival style
memorial arch
metope
minaret
Modern style
Moderne style
modillion
molding
Moorish Revival style
mortise-and-tenon
mosaic
mosque
mouchette
Mudéjar
mullion
multifoil
muntin
Muslim style
mutule
nail-head molding
narthex
nave
Neoclassical style
newel
nicking
nogging
Norman
notch carving
Nunda blue sandstone
oak
obelisk
Octagon style
oculus
oeil-de-boeuf window
ogee
onion dome
Onondaga limestone
opalescent glass
order
oriel window
ormolu
oval
overdoor
overmantel
ovolo molding
oxeye
pagoda
Palladian door
Palladian window
palmette
pane
papyrus
parapet
parquet
patera
patina
pavilion
pearl molding
pebble dash
pediment
pendant
pendentive
pergola
Period Revival style
peristyle
piano nobile
pigmented structural glass
pilaster
pinnacle
plaster
plinth
pocket doors
pointed arch
polychromy
porch
portal
porte-cochere
portico
post-and-lintel system
Postmodern style
Prairie style
predella
Pre-Raphaelites
preservation districts
pulpit
pulvinus
purlin
putto
pylon
pyramidal roof
quartersawn oak
quatrefoil
Queen Anne style
queen post
quoin
rafter
rain garden
raking
raking cornice
ranch
reconstruction
reeding
rehabilitation
reinforced concrete
reinforced plaster
Renaissance Revival style
reredos
restoration
rib
ribbed vault
ribbon
ribbon window
Richardsonian Romanesque
ridge
rinceau
ripple glass
Rococo
rollwork
Roman brick
Roman Classicism style
Roman Doric
Roman lattice
rood
roof framing
roof styles
rope molding
rose window
rosette
rotunda
round pediment
roundel
rowlock
rubbed bricks
running dog
running mold
running ornament
saltire
sanctuary
sandblasting
sarcophagus
sawtooth
scagliola
scallop
sconce
scroll
scupper
Sears catalog homes
Second Empire style
segmental arch
segmental pediment
serliana
serpentine
sexfoil
sgraffito
shed roof
sheet metal
shell
shingle
Shingle style
shoulder
shreadhead
side aisle
side light
silk-screening
skyscrapers
slate
sleeping porch
slip
slip form method
soffit
spandrel
spandrel panel
Spanish Eclectic style
Sphinx
spiderweb muntins
spiral
spire
squinch
stained glass
staircase
stair-end
stalactite
steeple
stele
stencil
stepped gable
Stick style
stone
strapwork
stretcher
strigil
stringcourse
structural glass
stucco
sunburst design
surround
swag
swan’s neck pediment
Syrian arch
telamon
temple front
tent roof
term
terra cotta
terrazzo
thermal window
threshold
through-the-cornice dormer
tie beam
tie rod
tile-ends
torsade
torus
tower
Tower of the Winds order
trabeated system
tracery
transept
transom
travertine
tread-end
trefoil
triforium
triglyph
triumphal arch
truss
Tudor
Tudor arch
Tudor Revival style
turning
turret
Tuscan
Twentieth Century Commercial style
twisted stem molding
Two-Part Block style
tympanum
urn
vault
Venetian arch
Venetian window
vergeboard
vermiculated
vestibule
Victorian rooms
Victorian styles
vitrolite
Vitruvian scroll
Vitruvian wave
volute
voussoir
wainscoting
water table
waterleaf
wattle
wave scroll
wheel window
widow’s walk
window crown
window head
windows
wreath
wrought iron
zigzag
zinc
Sources Cited
Buffalo Architecture and History, http://buffaloah.com/. Last accessed: September 19, 2018.
Key Facts
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- 490 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 155 original terms
- 645 total terms in source
- 24.0% original terms in source
- 48 sources in dictionary
- 9,192 unique terms in dictionary
- 13,747 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 66.9% unique terms in dictionary