mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Rocky Mountain jay Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake blacksnake pilot blacksnake mountain blacksnake Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
mountain quail mountain partridge Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
Border terrier | small roughoated terrier of British origin |
Border collie | developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle |
Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar puma catamount mountain lion painter panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver sewellel Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn bighorn sheep cimarron Rocky Mountain bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
mountain goat Rocky Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
mountain nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
mountain gorilla Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
border | a strip forming the outer edge of something, the rug had a wide blue border |
molding moulding border | a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge |
mountain bike all-terrain bike offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
lingonberry mountain cranberry cowberry lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
United States Border Patrol US Border Patrol | the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
border patrol | a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country |
boundary line border borderline delimitation mete | a line that indicates a boundary |
borderland border district march marchland | district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area, the Welsh marches between England and Wales |
edge border | the boundary of a surface |
Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
Italy Italian Republic Italia | a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula, was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the th century BC and the th century AD |
Rome Roma Eternal City Italian capital capital of Italy | capital and largest city of Italy, on the Tiber, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire |
Switzerland Swiss Confederation Suisse Schweiz Svizzera | a landlocked federal republic in central Europe |
Bern Berne capital of Switzerland | the capital of Switzerland, located in western Switzerland |
Vermont Green Mountain State VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia Mountain State WV | a state in east central United States |
Balkans Balkan Mountains Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
Matterhorn | a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (, feet high), noted for its distinctive shape |
mountain mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill |
mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
pass mountain pass notch | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks, we got through the pass before it started to snow |
range mountain range range of mountains chain mountain chain chain of mountains | a series of hills or mountains, the valley was between two ranges of hills, the plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
border patrolman | someone who patrols the borders of a country |
frontiersman backwoodsman mountain man | a man who lives on the frontier |
mountaineer mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains |
Rocky mountain pinon Pinus edulis | small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States, important as a nut pine |