climb
mount | the act of climbing something, it was a difficult climb to the top |
saddle horse
riding horse
mount | a lightweight horse kept for riding only |
backing
mount | something forming a back that is added for strengthening |
| ceiling | the overhead upper surface of a covered space, he hated painting the ceiling |
| mount setting | a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place, the diamond was in a plain gold mount |
| ceiling | (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds |
| ceiling | maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) |
| absolute ceiling | the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight |
combat ceiling
service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
ceiling
roof
cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
| glass ceiling | a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions |
| Sermon on the Mount | the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew - and Luke :-) |
Carmelite order
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the th century |
| Mount Ranier National Park | a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps |
Athos
Mount Athos | an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century |
Asama
Mount Asama | a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano, one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (, feet) |
Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo | a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila, erupted in after years of dormancy |
South Dakota
Coyote State
Mount Rushmore State
SD | a state in north central United States |
| Mount Vernon | the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river |
Citlaltepetl
Mount Orizaba
Mt Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba | an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz, the highest peak in Mexico (, feet) |
Etna
Mount Etna
Mt Etna | an inactive volcano in Sicily, last erupted in , the highest volcano in Europe (, feet) |
Fuji
Mount Fuji
Fujiyama
Fujinoyama
Fuji-san | an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan, last erupted in , famous for its symmetrical snowapped peak, a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages |
Mount Saint Helens
Mount St. Helens
Mt. St. Helens | an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington, erupted violently inafter years of inactivity |
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
Mt. Vesuvius | a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast, a Plinian eruption in AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder, last erupted in |
Adams
Mount Adams | a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (, feet high) |
Ararat
Mount Ararat
Mt. Ararat | the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded |
Communism Peak
Mount Communism
Stalin Peak
Mount Garmo | the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains, near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (, feet high) |
Everest
Mount Everest
Mt. Everest | a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal, the highest mountain peak in the world (, feet high) |
Hubbard
Mount Hubbard | a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (, feet high) |
K
Godwin Austen
Mount Godwin Austen
Dapsang | a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir, the nd highest peak in the world (, feet high) |
Kanchenjunga
Mount Kanchenjunga
Kanchanjanga
Kinchinjunga | a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (, feet high) |
Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro | the highest peak in Africa, located in northeastern Tanzania, , feet high |
Logan
Mount Logan | a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (, feet high) |
McKinley
Mount McKinley
Mt. McKinley
Denali | a mountain in south central Alaska, the highest peak in North America (, feet high) |
mountain
mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill |
| Mount Bartle Frere | the highest mountain peak in Queensland, Australia |
| Mount Carmel | a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast, according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel |
| Mount Elbert | the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (, feet high) |
Olympus
Mount Olympus
Mt. Olympus
Olimbos | a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast, believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (, feet high) |
Parnassus
Mount Parnassus
Liakoura | (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived, known as the mythological home of music and poetry, Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus |
Ranier
Mount Ranier
Mt. Ranier
Mount Tacoma | a mountain peak in central Washington, highest peak in the Cascade Range, (, feet high) |
Rushmore
Mount Rushmore
Mt. Rushmore | a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it |
Shasta
Mount Shasta | a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (, feet high) |
Sherman
Mount Sherman | a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (, feet high) |
Sinai
Mount Sinai | a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (, feet high), it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments |
Whitney
Mount Whitney | the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (, feet high) |
Wilson
Mount Wilson | a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (, feet high) |
mountain lily Mount Cook lily
Ranunculus lyalii | showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand |
debt limit
debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
| national debt ceiling | a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise, periodically raised by Congress |