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Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.

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

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..

Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.

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

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

Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

Bestower :: Bestower (n.) One that bestows.

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.

Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..

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..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..

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

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

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..

Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..

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..

Towery :: Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by 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..

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