Word Meanings - PERGOLO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A continuous colonnade or arcade; -- applied to the decorative groups of windows, as in Venetian palazzi.

Related words: (words related to PERGOLO)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• ARCADE
  A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back and forming a decorative feature. A
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• DECORATIVE
  Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.
• COLONNADE
  A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc. Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.
• APPLICATE
  Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number , one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of
• APPLICATION
  1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. 3. The act of applying as a means; the
• APPLIABLE
  Applicable; also, compliant. Howell.
• APPLIEDLY
  By application.
• APPLIER
  He who, or that which, applies.
• APPLICATORY
  Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n.
• APPLIMENT
  Application. Marston
• CONTINUOUS
  Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake , a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
• APPLICANT
  One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.
• APPLIANCE
  1. The act of applying; application; subservience. Shak. 2. The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
• VENETIAN
  A native or inhabitant of Venice.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• INAPPLICABILITY
  The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
• MISAPPLICATION
  A wrong application. Sir T. Browne.
• UNAPPLICABLE
  Inapplicable.
• GRAPPLING
  1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. Dryden. Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding