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Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..

Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..

Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..

Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.

High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..

Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.

Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.

Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..

Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..

Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..

Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..

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