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• moun´tain|ous|ness — moun|tain|ous «MOWN tuh nuhs», adjective. 1. covered with mountain ranges: »mountainous country. 2. like a mountain; large and high; huge: »mountainous waves. SYNONYM(S): enormous. –moun´tain|ous|ly, adverb. –moun´tain|ous|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• moun´tain|ous|ly — moun|tain|ous «MOWN tuh nuhs», adjective. 1. covered with mountain ranges: »mountainous country. 2. like a mountain; large and high; huge: »mountainous waves. SYNONYM(S): enormous. –moun´tain|ous|ly, adverb. –moun´tain|ous|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|ous — «MOWN tuh nuhs», adjective. 1. covered with mountain ranges: »mountainous country. 2. like a mountain; large and high; huge: »mountainous waves. SYNONYM(S): enormous. –moun´tain|ous|ly, adverb. –moun´tain|ous|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|eer|ing — «MOWN tuh NIHR ihng», noun. the art or sport of mountain climbing; alpinism: »Mountaineering is all…patience, deliberate skill,…after long endurance (Scientific American) …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|eer — «MOWN tuh NIHR», noun, verb. –n. 1. a person skilled in mountain climbing; alpinist: »Fitzpatrick was a hardy and experienced mountaineer, and knew all the passes and defiles (Washington Irving). 2. a person who lives in the mountains: »a… …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|meal — «MOWN tuhn MEEL», noun. = bergmehl. (Cf. ↑bergmehl) ╂[translation of German Bergmehl] …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|scape — «MOWN tuhn SKAYP», noun. a scene or view of mountains, pictured or in nature: »The most trivial but eye stopping addition to the mountainscape is the seedy tangle of billboards (Maclean s) …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|side — «MOWN tuhn SYD», noun. the side or slope of a mountain below the summit: »snow draped mountainsides (Wall Street Journal) …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|top — «MOWN tuhn TOP», noun. the top or summit of a mountain …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|wards — «MOWN tuhn wuhrdz», adverb. = mountainward. (Cf. ↑mountainward) …   Useful english dictionary

• moun|tain|ward — «MOWN tuhn wuhrd», adverb, adjective. toward the mountain or mountains …   Useful english dictionary