Across
- 3. An order characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding.
- 6. A column taking the form of a sculpted female figure
- 8. In the entablature, a horizontal band of sculpture (Doric has metopes and triglyphs)
- 9. A decorative architectural frame around a door, window, or niche consisting of an entablature and pediment supported by two columns or pilasters:A small room or structure used as a shrine—or a niche for a statue.
- 10. A supporting pillar
- 11. Panel carved into three vertical bands, alternating with the metopes
- 12. The top part of a capital on which the object supported rests
- 17. The triangular face of a roof gable, often filled with sculpture
- 18. A porch with a roof supported by columns
- 20. This order's capital is characterized by the use of volutes. The columns normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform.
- 21. A main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
- 22. A structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports
- 24. A high section of wall that contains windows above eye level.
- 25. One of a number of small, rectangular blocks resembling teeth and used as a decoration under the soffit of a cornice.
- 28. The substructure of a building; a solid mass of masonry serving as a foundation for a wall or row of columns.
- 29. A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a Christian church.
Down
- 1. A structure that spans a space and supports a load
- 2. Vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross-section, and used principally on columns and pilasters
- 4. Ceiling recesses set in a geometric pattern
- 5. The central stone of an arch
- 7. A pipe for conducting water under gravity flow. The term is often applied to the arched structure built to support the pipe across valleys
- 10. A line of columns supporing a roof
- 13. Vault A series of arches forming a tunnel
- 14. The almost triangular wall surface, ornamented of unornamented, between major architectural elements such as windows or arches
- 15. The most ornate of the orders, characterized by slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls.
- 16. An arch rotated 360 degrees
- 19. The spiral scroll on capitals of Ionic columns
- 23. A type of herb leaf that is the distinguishing feature of a Corinthian capital
- 26. The central and sometimes western part of a basilican church
- 27. A rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs