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| Bidet | a low bowl-shaped bathroom feature with running water for personal hygiene |
| Breezeway | a covered walkway with open sides between two different parts of a structure |
| Closed Floor Plan | cubicle-like rooms with little chance of overflow into other rooms |
| Compartmentalized | term used to indicate a water closet that is partitioned off from other bathroom fixtures |
| Deck | exterior floor that is supported on at least two opposing sides by adjoining structures, piers, or posts |
| Floor Plan | architectural drawing of a room or building as seen from above |
| Half-Bath | bathroom containing water closet and lavatory only |
| Laundry | a room designed for the specific purpose fo washing, drying, folding and ironing clothes |
| Lavatory | a fixture that is designed for washing hands and face, usually found in a bathroom |
| Master Bedroom | the largest bedroom in a home, generally with a bath adjoining the room |
| Open Floor Plan | a plan in which rooms are not closed off from each other, minimal walls |
| Plumbing Wall | the walls in a building where the plumbing pipes are installed |
| Porch | a covered entrance to a structure |
| Patio | ground-level exterior entertaining area that is made of concrete, brick or stone |
| Swing | the opening direction of a door opens based on the hinge location, right or left |
| Threshold | the beveled member directly under a door |
| Utility Room | a room that includes space for washing, drying, folding, mending, ironing, and storing clothes, as well as long-term storage of dry and canned food and a freezer |
| Water Closet | a water flushing plumbing fixture, such as a toilet, that is designed to receive and discharge human excrement |
| Alcove | a small room adjoining a larger room often separated by an archway |
| Apron | the inside trim board placed below a window sill |
| Casing | the decorative trim that covers the joint between the jamb and rough opening (inside and outside) |
| Cavity Wall | a masonry wall formed with two wythes with and air space between each face |
| Cutting Plane | lines used to show where an object is to be sectioned |
| Egress | a term used in building codes to describe access |
| Header | the horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings |
| Jamb | the frame that is fitted inside the rough opening which enclosesthe door sash A) Head jambs extend across the top of opening. B) Side jambs extend vertically. C) The jamb may come as part of a packaged door unit |
| Masonry | stone, brick, concrete, hollow tile, concrete block, gypsum block, or other similar building units or materials or a combination fo the same bonded together with mortar to form a wall, pier, buttress, or similar mass |
| Modular | building parts that have been preassembled between window and door units |
| Mullions | vertical and horizontal members between window and door units |
| Muntins | divide the glass into smaller panes |
| Sheathing | a covering material placed over walls, floors, and roofs which serves as a backing for finishing materials |
| Sill | the horizontal member placed at the bottom of walls and openings and walls |
