towering height

  • 1Towering — Tow er*ing, a. 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. [1913 Webster] A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Towering cumulus cloud — Towering cumulus clouds, photographed from an airplane Towering cumulus clouds can be based in the low or middle height ranges and achieve considerable vertical development (family D2) in areas of deep, moist convection. They are an intermediate… …

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  • 3Height — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Height >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 height height altitude elevation Sgm: N 1 eminence eminence pitch Sgm: N 1 loftiness loftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 sublimity sublimity GR …

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  • 4height — noun 1 how tall sb/sth is ADJECTIVE ▪ full, maximum ▪ He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us. ▪ considerable, great, towering ▪ …

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  • 5height — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Vertical size Nouns 1. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness, tallness, stature, prominence (see convexity); orogeny, orogenesis, orogenics, orography. 2. (high place) mount[ain],… …

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  • 6towering — adj. Towering is used with these nouns: ↑building, ↑cliff, ↑figure, ↑height, ↑intellect, ↑mountain, ↑peak, ↑rage, ↑skyscraper …

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  • 7towering — adjective of imposing height; especially standing out above others an eminent peak lofty mountains the soaring spires of the cathedral towering icebergs • Syn: ↑eminent, ↑lofty, ↑soaring …

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  • 8towering — tow·er·ing || taÊŠÉ™rÉ™rɪŋ adj. high, rising tow·er || taÊŠÉ™(r) n. tall structure, turret v. rise higher, stand tall, be of great height …

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  • 9Moko jumbie — dancers in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. A moko jumbie (also known as moko jumbi or mocko jumbie ) is a stilts walker or dancer. The origin of the term may come from Moko (a possible reference to an African god) and jumbi , a West Indian term …

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  • 10Julia Stegner — Infobox Model name = Julia Stegner imagesize = 260px caption = Julia Stegner exits the Bryant Park tents during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week show, September 9, 2007. Photo by Christopher Peterson. birthname = birthdate = birth date and… …

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