HEIGHT
ADJECTIVES
► ACROPHOBIC affected with acrophobia → M20
► BASE low; of small height → 1393 arch.
► CULMINANT reaching the greatest height, forming the summit or highest point, topmost → 1849
NOUNS
► ACROPHILIA a love of high mountains and of heights → 1991 (Bk.)
► ACROPHOBIA irrational fear of heights → L19
► AEROACROPHOBIA fear of open, high spaces → 2008 (Bk.)
► AGGIE agoraphobia → 1980 UK sl.
► ALTOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being at great heights → 1991 (Bk.)
► BANK a high ground, height, hill → c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► BATOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being at great heights → 1991 (Bk.)
► CULMEN the top or summit; fig., the height, acme, culminating point → 1646
► HAUT height; a height → 1502 obs.
► HAUTESSE highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time → a1300 obs.
► HAUTEUR a height → 1711 obs.
► HEIGHTH height → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HYPSIPHOBIA ► HYPSOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being at great heights→ 1991 (Bk.)
► MICKLE size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural → 1864 Eng. dial.
► SUBLEVATION the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height → 1556 obs.
► SUBLIMITY high or lofty position; height → 1563 obs.
► VAN a height or summit → 1871
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACROPHILE a lover of high mountains and heights → 1991 (Bk.)
► ACROPHOBE a person affected with acrophobia → M20
PHRASES
► ASS-HIGH TO A TALL INDIAN an unspecified measure of height, usually not very tall → L19 US sl.
► HIP-HIGH TO A TALL INDIAN an unspecified measure of height, usually not very tall → L19 US sl.
► KNEE-HIGH TO A TALL INDIAN an unspecified measure of height, usually not very tall → L19 US sl.
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