slight+elevation

  • 61COOPER'S HILL —    a hill of slight elevation near Runnymede, with a Government civil engineering college, originally for the training for the service in India, now for education in other departments of the Government service, forestry especially …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 62Camelon —    CAMELON, a village, in the parish of Falkirk, county of Stirling, 1½ mile (W.) from Falkirk; containing 1340 inhabitants. This village, which is situated on the turnpike road to Glasgow, is sometimes called New Camelon, in contradistinction to …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 63Harlem — Manhattan district, used figuratively for African American culture from 1934. The N.Y. community was founded 1658 and originally named Nieuw Haarlem for Haarlem in Netherlands, which probably is from Du. haar height + lem silt, in reference to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 64mound — mound1 noun 1》 a raised mass of earth or other compacted material, especially one created for defence or burial.     ↘Baseball a slight elevation from which the pitcher delivers the ball. 2》 a small hill. 3》 a large pile or quantity of something …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 65hillock — n. Knoll, mound, small hill, slight elevation …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 66pitcher's mound — noun (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands • Syn: ↑mound, ↑hill • Derivationally related forms: ↑hill (for: ↑hill) • Topics: ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 67optic papilla — noun : a slight elevation that is nearly coextensive with the optic disk and is produced by the thick bundles of the fibers of the optic nerve in entering the eyeball …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 68TEMPLE — The article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple history structure the ground plan of the temple the detailed plan of the temple general description the porch THE MAIN ROOM (HEKHAL) OR HOLY PLACE …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 69Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

    Universalium

  • 70United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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