Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedie뮠in 驮 oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Mountain

  1. mountain
    [n] - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Mountain
    Moun'tain noun [ Middle English mountaine , montaine , French montagne , Late Latin montanea , montania , from Latin mons , montis , a mountain; confer montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/107

  3. Mountain
    Moun'tain (moun'tĭn) adjective 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goat...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/107

  4. mountain
    1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. ... 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. 'The high, the mountain...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. mountain
    mount noun a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. mountain
    a landscape feature, often with a pointed or rugged top, the rises high above the surrounding area
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. Mountain
    • (n.) A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. • (n.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. mountain
    landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local ... [10 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/129

  9. mountain
    mountain 1. Abbreviated as, Mt. or Mtn.; a natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill. 2. A natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater th...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Mountain
    Something a fell runner can't run up because oxygen tanks won't fit into their bum bag.
    Found on http://www.perratt.me.uk/fun/fellrun.htm

  11. mountain
    mountain, high land mass projecting conspicuously above its surroundings and usually of limited width at its summit. Although isolated mountains are not unusual, mountains commonly form ranges, comprising either a single complex ridge or a series of related ridges. A group of ranges closely related ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08342

  12. mountain
    Click images to enlargeNatural upward projection of the Earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill. Mountains are at least 330 m/1,000 ft above the surrounding topography. The existing rock below a high mountain may be subjected to high temperatures and pressures, causing metamorphism. Plutonic activity also ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Mountain
    A `mountain` is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a `hill`. The adjective `montane` is used to describe mountainous areas and things associated with them. The study of mountains is called O...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  14. Mountain
    (band) `Mountain` is an American hard rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969.<ref name="AMG"/> Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 before reuniting in 1974 and remain...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  15. Mountain
    (electoral district) `Mountain` is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1879 provincial election, and was abolished shortly before the 1958 election. Mountain was located in southwestern Manitoba, near Portage la Prairie. The constituency was most...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  16. Mountain
    (TV series) `Mountain` is a British television series written and presented by Griff Rhys Jones that was originally broadcast 29 July–26 August 2007 on BBC One.<ref name="rtimes"/> The five programmes follow Rhys Jones as he traverses the mountains of Great Britain,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  17. Mountain
    (album) `Mountain` is the 1969 debut solo album from guitarist Leslie West. It is often cited as a Mountain album, but was actually a solo album which contained some members of Mountain. Tracklist: # "Blood of the Sun" (West, Pappalardi, Collins) – 2:35 # "Long Re...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  18. Mountain
    (advertisement) `Mountain` is a 2003 television and cinema advertisement launched by Sony Corporation to promote the PlayStation 2 video game console. The budget for production and advertising space purchases for the 60-second piece amounted to £5m across all markets. The commercial...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

  19. Mountain
    (Circle album) `Mountain` is the eighteenth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle. It was issued as a limited edition vinyl LP by Kevyt Nostalgia/Super Metsä in 2004. It is a recording of a concert from 9th October 2004 at Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, UK. Other bands on the bill, w...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain



...

11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,485,243 words from 1122 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
Poss (3/25)
Haakon (2/25)
Gitogenin (2/0)
north (2/25)
bleeding (4/25)
malignant (7/25)
End-user (12/4)
Curtail (5/16)
Grey (12/25)
sub-rosa (13/1)
nervus (2/25)
musculus (2/25)
nocake (2/0)
born (13/25)
non-polar (6/5)
Workboard (2/0)
trussed (5/4)
Diomedes (8/8)
arytenoidectomy (4/0)
Classman (3/0)
Elettaria (3/1)
Apostrophize (5/0)
Gannet (13/14)
Cob (23/25)

© Encyclo MMXI
Contact Privacy