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ABUTMENTIn architecture, a construction that supports the end of a bridge (8)
ANDIRONAn iron bar to support the end of a log in a fire (7)
SPROCKETAny one of the cogs or teeth of a chainwheel; the wheel itself; or, in architecture, a piece of wood used to extend a roof over its eaves (8)
IMPERIALIn architecture, a dome that has a point at the top (8)
SPANDRILIn architecture, a triangular area between two adjacent arches and the plane above them (8)
FILAMENTThe part of a stamen that supports the anther (8)
TYMPANUMIn architecture, a decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window (8)
PILASTERIn classical architecture, a rectangular support that resembles a flat column (8)
ABUTMENTSIn architecture, constructions that support the ends of a bridge (9)
TORESA solid or surface in the form of a bagel or a ring doughnut; a tokamak; the receptacle of a flower such as a daisy; or, in classical architecture, a moulding above a column's plinth (5)
BEDFRAMEStructure that supports the mattress and box spring
ANNULETIn architecture, a moulding in the form of a ring, as at the top of a column (7)
OGEEIn architecture, a moulding with a cross-section in the form of a letter 's' (4)
VAULTING(Architecture) a vaulted structure (8)
FINIALIn architecture, a terminal ornament marking the apex, corner or "end" of a curtain rod, gable, spire etc, often in foliated fleur-de-lis form (6)
SPANDistance between two points, such as the ends of a bridge or the thumb and little finger; or, the duration of something in time (4)
NICHEIn classical architecture, a recess in a wall for a statue, often with a semicircular apex with fluting in the form of a scallop shell (5)
OVOLOIn architecture, a moulding with the rounded part composed of a quarter circle (5)
ANCONIn architecture, a projecting console that supports, or appears to support, a cornice (5)
CARTOUCHEIn architecture, a carved tablet resembling a sheet of parchment or a scroll with rolled ends, often carrying an inscription (9)