appentice, pent, pentice
A minor structure built against the side of a building, with a roof of single slope; a penthouse, 3.
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antique crown, eastern crown
A heraldic device consisting of a headband with an indefinite number of pointed rays projecting from it.
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antic, antic work
A grotesque sculpture consisting of animal, human, and foliage forms incongruously run together and used to decorate molding terminations and
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Anglo-Saxon architecture
The pre-Romanesque architecture of England before the Norman Conquest (1066 A.D.), which survived for a short time thereafter; characterized by massive walls and
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angle valve
A valve for controlling the flow of a liquid or air; the fluid leaves at right angles to the direction in