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Heightener :: Heightener (n.) One who, or that which, heightens..

Dendrometer :: Dendrometer (n.) An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.

Sequoia :: Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height..

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

Level :: Level (n.) A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level..

Water Barometer :: Water barometer () A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

Watermark :: Watermark (n.) A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water..

Ormolu :: Ormolu (n.) A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold..

Cabling :: Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft..

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..

Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like..

Elevation :: Elevation (n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.

Altitude :: Altitude (n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree..

Hand :: Hand (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses..

Bon Ton :: Bon ton () The height of the fashion; fashionable society.

Steep-up :: Steepness (n.) Height; loftiness.

Exalted :: Exalted (a.) Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.

Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests..

Slim :: Slim (superl.) Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree..

Fan :: Fan (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion..

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