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  • 21Towering cumulus — clouds develop vertically in areas of deep, moist convection. They are an intermediate stage between cumulus mediocris and cumulonimbus.For specific information on this type of cloud, see:*Cumulus castellanus *Cumulus congestusFor more general… …

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  • 22Towering Inferno (video game) — Infobox VG title = Towering Inferno developer = US Games publisher = US Games designer = Programmed by: Tom Sloper and Paul Newell release = 1982 genre = Action platforms = Atari 2600 Towering Inferno by US Games, is a video game for the Atari… …

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  • 23towering inferno — noun a) A tall fire, as of a building. We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us. b) A powerful, untamed force. [T]he most compelling argument for avoiding Chungking Mansion is one of safety mdash; it could be a towering… …

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  • 24towering — adjective Very tall or high, particularly used to denote something that is taller than anything around it …

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  • 25towering — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, august, burning, colossal, consuming, cracking, crashing,… …

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  • 26towering — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. high tall, skyscraping, *cloud puncturing, *cloud kissing, sky high, lofty, soaring, airy, titanic, gigantic. 2. great huge, intense, powerful, extraordinary, massive, extreme, tremendous, stupendous, unrivaled …

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  • 27towering — tow·er·ing || taÊŠÉ™rÉ™rɪŋ adj. high, rising tow·er || taÊŠÉ™(r) n. tall structure, turret v. rise higher, stand tall, be of great height …

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  • 28towering — a. 1. Lofty, elevated, very high. 2. Extreme, violent, very great, excessive, prodigious …

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  • 29towering — adj 1. high, tall, lofty, elevated, alpine, mountainous, skyscraping, sky high, heaven kissing; enormous, prodigious, gigantic, Brobdingnagian, titanic, colossal, monumental. 2. surpassing, transcendent, exceeding, excelling, outstripping,… …

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  • 30towering —    Ale o, oeoe, halehale …

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