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Insurmountable :: Insurmountable (a.) Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle..

Mound :: Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..

Surmounter :: Surmounted (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Superabound :: Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.

Crowned :: Crowned (p. p. & a.) Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected..

Surmounted :: Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.

Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..

Insurmountably :: Insurmountably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.

Exuperable :: Exuperable (a.) Surmountable; superable.

Facile :: Facile (a.) Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.

Sphaeridium :: Sphaeridium (n.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ..

Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..

Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for..

Insurmountableness :: Insurmountableness (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.

Surmount :: Surmounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmoun.

Surmounted :: Surmounted (a.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

Insurmountability :: Insurmountability (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable.

Crest :: Crest (n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc..

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