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Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Plane :: Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface..

Pantometer :: Pantometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc..

Nobleness :: Nobleness (n.) The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness..

Mamelon :: Mamelon (n.) A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.

Edelweiss :: Edelweiss (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps..

Rove :: Rove (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range)..

Dugout :: Dugout (n.) A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.

Ascent :: Ascent () The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees..

Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate..

Lift :: Lift (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals..

Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..

Polycrotism :: Polycrotism (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism..

Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.

Lockage :: Lockage (n.) Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.

Evenly :: Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely..

Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.

Horizon :: Horizon (n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible..

Dignity :: Dignity (n.) The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

Geanticlinal :: Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal..

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