MANSARD ROOF -- a truncated hip roof with a large flat surface and steep slopes penetrated by dormers.

MEDALLION -- a decorative circular or oval bas-relief.

MISSION ROOFING TILE -- a clay tile, fourteen to eighteen inches long, curved to the arc of a circle and laid alternately with the concave side up flanked by tiles laid concave side down.

MODILLION -- an ornamental bracket used in series under the corona of a cornice, usually found in buildings of the Corinthian order.

MOLDING -- a decorative strip, often with compound curves, used for decoration, finishing, or transition between two architectural elements.

MORTISE -- a cut-out receptacle in one member to receive the tenon of another to which it is to be joined.

MOUSE TOOTHING -- the laying of bricks in a tumbled fashion, perpendicular to the roof line at the top of a wall, most common in Dutch and English residential architecture.

MULLION -- a vertical division member between windows or doors of close series.

MUNTIN -- a strip supporting and separating panes of glass in a sash or door.

NOGGING -- the filling of small open spaces in a wood frame with rough brick masonry and mortar.

OBELISK -- a tall monolithic and tapering shaft of stone, usually square in section and with a pyramidal tip.

OEIL-DE-BOEUF -- a small circular or oval window;  a "bull's eye" window.

OFFSET -- a shift in the plane of a wall, resulting in a horizontal or vertical ridge.

OGEE ARCH -- a pointed arch, having on each side a reverse curve near the apex.

ORIEL -- a projecting window supported by a corbel or brackets, usually on an upper story.

PALISADE -- a defensive fence of pointed stakes driven into the ground.

PALLADIAN -- an archway or window closely flanked by square-head openings of smaller size.

PARAPET -- a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a roof, porch, platform, or bridge.

PATIO -- an inner courtyard open to the sky.

PAVILION -- part of a building projecting from the main wall; a lightly constructed ornamental building used for entertainment and shelter in a garden or park.

PECKY CYPRESS -- cypress lumber having finger-shaped pockets of decay caused by fungus, which add to its texture and color.

PEDESTAL -- a base for a column, statue, or other upright structure.

PEDIMENT -- the low pitched triangular gable above a portico;  a similar form, occasionally curved, used as decoration above a portal.

PENDANT -- an ornamental knob suspended from above.

PENT ROOF -- a roof of a single sloping plane, usually supported by brackets or braces.

PERGOLA -- a structure consisting of parallel arbors or colonnades which support open roof timbers, usually covered by climbing plants.

PIAZZA -- a long veranda, gallery, or loggia with a roof supported by columns.

PIER -- a vertical masonry structural support, whether isolated or part of a wall.

PILASTER -- a shallow rectangular pier projecting only slightly from a wall and treated as a classic column with a base and cap.

PILLAR -- a columnar support or post.

PINNACLE -- a conical or pyramidal shaped terminal ornament which crowns spires, buttresses, and roofs.

PLAQUE -- an applied decoration, usually round or oval.

PORCH -- the covered entrance to a building, usually with a separate roof.

PORTE-COCHERE -- a roofed structure extending from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway to shelter passengers getting in or out of vehicles.

PORTICO -- an entrance porch with columns.

PORTLAND CEMENT -- a hydraulic cement which resembles England's Portland limestone.

POST -- an upright supporting member.

PRESSED BRICK -- brick molded under mechanical pressure to provide a smooth face.

PROSCENIUM -- the wall which separates a stage from an auditorium and provides an arch that frames it.

PYLON -- a truncated pyramidal Egyptian tower used as a gateway;  a tower supporting a bridge.

PYRAMID -- a figure having a square base and triangular sides that meet at a point.