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1. Ushiku Daibutsu, Ushiku, Japan

The Ushiku Daibutsu located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is the world's tallest freestanding bronze statue. Completed in 1995, it stands a total of 120m above the ground, including the 10m high base and 10m high lotus platform. An elevator takes visitors up to 85m off the ground, where an observation floor is located.

Wall Tie - A galvanized iron strip used to tie a veneer wall to its backing wall.

Wainscot - A paneling applied to the lower portion of a wall.

Waste Pipe - The name generally applied to all household drainage pipes.

Water Closet - Commode

Water Table - Similar to a drip cap in function, sometimes found around the perimeter of a house near the ground line.

Tail Beam - Joist supported by header at both ends, from a header in a floor opening to the sill header.

Terra Cotta - A mixture of sand and baked clay commonly used to make pipe for sewage disposal systems. A mixture of sand and baked clay used to form a shingle used on certain styles of architecture.

Terrazzo - A colorful flooring material made of cement and marble chips or certain stones. After the floor has hardened it is ground and polished to a smooth and durable finish.

Saddle - A small ridged roof designed to carry water away from the back side of a chimney.

Sash - An individual window unit (comprised of rails, stiles, lites, muntins) that fits inside the window frame.

Schematic - An electrical diagram of electrical symbols.

Scuttle - An opening in the ceiling leading to an unfinished half-story.

Septic Tank - A concrete or bituminous- covered metal tank where sewage is digested by bacterial action.

Palladian - A motif having three openings, the center one being arched and larger than the other two.

Palladian window - A three part window featuring a large ached center and flanking rectangular sidelights.

Paneling - The lining of a wall with a wainscot.

Parapet - That portion of the wall that extends above the roof (wall surrounding a flat roof).

Parget - Roughest, plaster. (Parging is a colloquial term referring to the application of cement plaster.)

Jack Stud - A stud adding to the support of roof rafters.

Jamb - The vertical members of a window or door frame.

Jenkins-head Roof - A gabled roof with its apex truncated by a small hipped roof.

Joist - Wood framing members, usually set 16" apart on center, carefully chosen to support all "live" and "dead" loads.

Keystone - The central, topmost stone of an arch.

Knee Wall - A wall supported by jack studs in half- story construction.

Gable - A triangular area of an exterior wall formed by two sloping roofs.

Gambrel - A roof where each side has two slopes; a steeper lower slope and a flatter upper one; a 'barn roof'. Often found in Colonial revival houses in the "Dutch" style.

Gazebo - A small summerhouse or pavilion with a view, or a belvedere on the roof of a house.

Girder - A strong, wooden member spanning foundation walls designed to support joist ends.