N. height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch,
loftiness,
sublimity, tallness,
stature,
procerity, prominence,
colossus,
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto,
butte,
monticle, fell,
knap, cape,
headland,
foreland,
promontory, ridge, hog's back,
dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down,
moor,
moorland,
alp, uplands, highlands, heights &c. (summit), 210,
knob,
loma, pena, picacho,
tump,
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole, steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig,
tor,
peak,
pike,
clough,
escarpment, edge,
ledge,
brae, dizzy height, tower,
pillar, column,
obelisk, monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret, dome,
cupola, skyscraper, pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast,
ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide,
altimetry, batophobia,
satellite, spy-in-the-sky
V. be high, tower,
soar, command,
hover, hover over, fly over, orbit, be in orbit, cap,
culminate,
overhang, hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride, mount,
perch,
surmount, cover, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller,
upgrow, rise, send into orbit, render high,
heighten Adj. high, elevated, eminent,
exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic,
patagonian, towering,
beetling,
soaring, hanging, elevated, upper, highest, high reaching,
insessorial,
perching,
upland,
moorland, hilly,
knobby, mountainous, alpine,
subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching,
aerial, overhanging,
incumbent, overlying,
superincumbent,
supernatant,
superimposed, prominent &c. c, 250, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple,
lanky Adv. on high, high up,
aloft, up, above,
aloof, overhead, airwind,
upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom
Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto
N. summit, summity|, top,
peak,
vertex, apex,
zenith, # pinnacle,
acme,
culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum,
climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole,
tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap,
truck,
nib, end, crown,
brow, head,
nob,
noddle,
pate,
capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck,
architrave,
frieze,
cornice, coping stone,
zoophorus, capital,
epistyle,
sconce,
pediment,
entablature,
tympanum,
ceiling, attic,
loft,
garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys
Adj. highest &c. (high ), top, top most, upper most,
tiptop,
culminating, meridian,
meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme,
supernal,
topgallant Adv. atop, at the top of the tree
Phr. en flute, fleur deau
N. covering, cover,
baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin,
canopy,
tilt,
awning, tent,
marquee, tente d'abri,
umbrella,
parasol,
sunshade, veil (shade) 424, shield, roof,
ceiling,
thatch,
tile,
pantile,
pentile,
tiling, slates, slating, leads,
barrack, plafond, planchment,
tiling, shed, top,
lid, covercle|, door,
operculum,
bulkhead,
bandage,
plaster,
lint,
wrapping,
dossil, finger stall,
coverlet,
counterpane, sheet,
quilt,
tarpaulin,
blanket,
rug,
drugget, housing,
antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah,
pillowcase, pillowslip,
linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth,
tidy, tilpah, apishamore,
integument,
tegument, skin,
pellicle,
fleece, fell, fur, leather,
shagreen, hide,
pelt,
peltry,
cordwain,
derm,
robe, buffalo robe,
cuticle,
scarfskin,
epidermis, clothing,
mask,
peel, crust, bark,
rind,
cortex,
husk, shell, coat,
eggshell,
glume,
capsule,
sheath,
sheathing,
pod, cod, casing, case,
theca,
elytron,
elytrum,
involucrum,
wrapping,
wrapper,
envelope,
vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck,
dermatology,
conchology,
testaceology,
inunction,
incrustation,
superimposition,
superposition, obduction|, scale,
veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe,
ormolu, sheffield plate,
pavement, coating,
paint,
varnish, plating, barrel plating,
anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground,
whitewash,
plaster, spackel,
stucco, compo,
cerement,
ointment V. cover,
superpose,
superimpose, overlay, overspread,
wrap,
encase, incase, face, case,
veneer,
pave, paper,
tip, cap, bind,
bulkhead, bulkhead in,
clapboard, coat,
paint,
varnish, pay, incrust,
stucco,
dab,
plaster, tar, wash,
besmear,
bedaub,
anoint, do over,
gild, plate, japan,
lacquer, lacker, enamel,
whitewash,
parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch,
endome,
conceal, anodize,
galvanize Adj. covering,
superimposed, overlaid, plated,
cutaneous,
dermal,
cortical,
cuticular,
tegumentary,
skinny,
scaly,
squamous, covered,
imbricated,
loricated, armor plated,
ironclad, under cover,
cowled,
cucullate,
dermatoid, encuirassed,
hooded, squamiferous, tectiform,
vaginate