| A | B |
| bungalow | a small one-story house with an overhanging roof and a covered porch |
| cornice | a decorative strip at the area where the roof and the walls meet |
| fanlight | a semicircular or round or oval window with fan shaped panes of glass |
| gingerbread | lacy-looking cutout wood trim |
| hip roof | a roof with four sloped sides |
| mansard roof | a roof that has two slopes on all sides with lower sloop being steep and the upper slope almost flat |
| pediment | a triangular or arched decoration over a window or doorway |
| pilastars | decorative flattened column |
| portico | a tall open porch supported by columns over the front entrance |
| tenement | apartment complex with minimum standards of sanitation and safety and comfort |