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

Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

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

Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.

Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..

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..

Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..

Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..

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..

Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.

Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..

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..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..

Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..

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

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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