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The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1982)

architrave
Art Deco
Art Moderne
Art Nouveau
balustrade
beltcourse
bracket
buttress
cantilever
capital
cast iron
clerestory
colonial
corbel
Corinthian
cornice
Doric
entablature
fascia
Federal
frieze
gable
Gothic Revival
hip roof
Ionic
Italianate
keystone
lintel
mansard roof
Modern Movement
mullion
Neoclassical
pediment
pilaster
polychromy
quoin
Romanesque Revival
rustication
sash window
Second Empire
soffit
stringcourse
terra cotta
transom
trompe l’oeil
tympanum
Victorian

Sources Cited

Fleming, John and Hugh Honor, Nikolaus Pevsner. The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. New York City, NY: Penguin Books. 1982.

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