CONS - Window

Question 1

an opening in the wall of a building for admitting light and air, usually fitted with a frame; containing panes of glass

Answer 1

Window

Question 2

one of the divisions of a window or door, consisting of a single unit of glass set in a frame

Answer 2

Pane

Question 3

a pane of glass filling a window sash

Answer 3

Windowpane

Question 4

a rabbeted member for holding the edge of windowpanes; aka “glazing bar” or “sash bar”

Answer 4

Muntin

Question 5

a vertical member between the lights of a window

Answer 5

Mullion

Question 6

a fixed or movable framework of a window or door in which panes of glass are set

Answer 6

Sash

Question 7

a manufactured assemble of a frame, sash, glazing, and necessary hardware, made to fit a window opening

Answer 7

Window Unit

Question 8

the fixed frame of a window, consisting of two jambs, a head, and a sill

Answer 8

Window Frame

Question 9

the horizontal member at the base of a window opening especially the ledge formed by such a member

Answer 9

Windowsill

Question 10

a type of window or sash that does not open for ventilation; aka “fixed sash”

Answer 10

Fixed Window

Question 11

a type of window or sash that opens by moving horizontally along grooves or tracks at the top and bottom of the window frame

Answer 11

Sliding Window

Question 12

a window having two sashes, of which only one is moveable

Answer 12

Single-Hung Window

Question 13

a window having two vertically sliding sashes, each in separate grooves or tracks and close a different part of the window

Answer 13

Double-Hung Window

Question 14

a window sash opening on hinges generally attached to the upright side of its frame

Answer 14

Casement Window

Question 15

a window having one or more sashes swinging outward on hinges generally attached to the top of the frame

Answer 15

Awning Window

Question 16

a window having one or more sashes swinging inward on hinges generally attached to the bottom frame; aka “hospital window”

Answer 16

Hopper Window

Question 17

a window having a sash that rotates 90 degrees or 180 degrees about a vertical or horizontal axis at or near its center; used in air-conditioned multistory or high-rise buildings, and operated only for cleaning, maintenance, or emergency ventilation

Answer 17

Pivoted Window

Question 18

a window having horizontal glasses or wood louvers that pivot simultaneously in a common frame; used in mil climates to control ventilation or to cut off visibility from the outside

Answer 18

Jalousie Window

Question 19

a casement or awning window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill of the jamb as the sash swings outward

Answer 19

Projected Window

Question 20

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops; windows admitting daylight to the interior

Answer 20

Clerestory Window

Question 21

a non-bearing wall composed primarily of vertical and horizontal framing members; contains a combination of fixed lights, and operating sashes

Answer 21

Window Wall

Question 22

a window or series of windows projecting outward from the main wall of a building forming a bay or alcove

Answer 22

Bay Window

Question 23

a vertical window in a projection built out of a sloping roof; aka “luthern”

Answer 23

Dormer Window

Question 24

a window under a gable

Answer 24

Gable Window

Question 25

a bay window supported from below by corbels or brackets

Answer 25

Oriel Window

Question 26

an ornamental work of branchlike lines; lacy openwork in the upper part of a Gothic window

Answer 26

Tracery

Question 27

a Gothic tracery characterized by a pattern of geometric shapes such as circles, and foils

Answer 27

Geometric Tracery

Question 28

a Gothic tracery that succeeded plate tracery, consisting of molded stone mullions that divide various branching elements that fill the window head

Answer 28

Bar Tracery

Question 29

an early Gothic tracery formed of pierced slabs of stone set on edge; design in the shape and disposition of the openings; aka “perforated tracery”

Answer 29

Plate Tracery

Question 30

a Gothic tracery consisting mainly of a netlike arrangement of repeated geometrical figures; aka “net tracery”

Answer 30

Reticulated Tracery

Question 31

a predominantly vertical Gothic tracery having mullions rising to the curve of the arch, crossed by horizontal transoms; aka “rectilinear tracery”

Answer 31

Perpendicular Tracery

Question 32

a Gothic tracery characterized by a pattern of irregular, boldly curved forms; aka “flowing tracery”

Answer 32

Curvilinear Tracery

Question 33

a daggerlike motif found in Gothic tracery formed by elliptical and ogee curves

Answer 33

Mouchette