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vault:  An arched ceiling constructed of masonry materials; the undersurface, or soffit, is usually curved.  If the vault is generated from a series of pointed, rather than round, arches, it is called a groin vault.
veranda:   A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
verge boards: One of the key decorative features of Gothic Revival and Queen Anne homes. Sometimes called "barge- boards," they are almost invariably used on frame buildings of the English Gothic or Tudor styles of architecture.
vertices:  The highest points or apexes of a summit.
Victorian style:    A style of architecture used in England during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation.
villa: Domestic architecture intended to resemble prosperous farmhouses or country manor houses of northern Italy; usually two stories high, with an attic story.
volute: The spiral-patterned element in the capital of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite Orders.
voussoir:  A wedge-shaped component of an arch.  The center voussoirs is the “keystone.”