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Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..

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..

Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.

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

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..

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..

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..

Pane :: Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..

Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..

Eminent :: Eminent (a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.

Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..

Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

Minaret :: Minaret (n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin..

Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..

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

Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.

Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..

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