Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple (7 letters) — Crossword Helper

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The Clue

Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple (7 letter answer)

The Answer

APTERAL

Tags

aisle apteral architecture colonnade having lacking not surrounding temple wingles

Notes

The answer APTERAL is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Related Clues

Wingless
Having no aisles, in architecture
Not having a surrounding colonnade, in architecture

Definition

APTERAL as an adjective:

1. having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
2. (apterous, apteral) = (of insects) without wings