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Brobdingnagian :: Brobdingnagian (a.) Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.

Summity :: Summity (n.) The height or top of anything.

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.

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..

Jerkinhead :: "Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable..

Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..

Level :: Level (a.) Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to..

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..

Kilogrammetre :: Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris..

Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..

Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..

Zest :: Zest (v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine..

Heighten :: Heighten (v. t.) To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

Capriole :: Capriole (v. i.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap..

Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something..

Eucalyptus :: Eucalyptus (n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia..

Floater :: Floater (n.) A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

Tall :: Tall (superl.) High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast..

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

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