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Jaal Goat :: "Jaal goat () A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and jaela..

Valley :: Valley (n.) The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively..

Maroon :: Maroon (n.) In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains..

Poly-mountain :: Poly-mountain (n.) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe..

Amianthus :: Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus..

Taconic :: Taconic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe..

Tarn :: Tarn (n.) A mountain lake or pool.

Tramontane :: Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous..

Col :: Col (n.) A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Syncopal :: Synclinorium (n.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning..

Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height..

Goitre :: Goitre (n.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland..

Ghaut :: Ghaut (n.) A pass through a mountain.

Arenilitic :: Arenilitic (a.) Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains..

Loom :: Loom (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high..

Teledu :: Teledu (n.) An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard..

Foot :: Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed..

Basil :: Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)..

Ultramontane :: Ultramontane () Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks..

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