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Tall building
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise
Tower_block
2017 fatal fire in West London
On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and
Grenfell_Tower_fire
Brutalist tower block in Kensal Town, London
Trellick Tower is a Grade II* listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it was commissioned by the Greater London
Trellick_Tower
2012 film
Tower Block is a 2012 British thriller film directed by James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson as their directorial debut, and written by James Moran. The film
Tower_Block_(film)
2011 British film directed by Joe Cornish
but is killed in turn by Hi-Hatz. The gang try to flee to Wyndham Tower, a tower block, but are attacked outside by the aliens; Biggz is forced to hide
Attack_the_Block
High-rise buildings for residential use
Tower blocks began to be built in Great Britain after the Second World War. The first residential tower block, "The Lawn", was constructed in Harlow,
Tower_blocks_in_Great_Britain
Former apartment buildings in Dublin, Ireland
flats—including the seven Ballymun High-tower blocks—in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. Built rapidly in the 1960s, there were 36 blocks in total, consisting of 7 fifteen-storey
Ballymun_Flats
2004 British TV series or programme
Tower Block Dreams was a British documentary series that broadcast on BBC Three during January 2004, investigating the underground music scene on council
Tower_Block_Dreams
English actor (born 1990)
16 February 2015. "Tower Block (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 February 2015. Mintzer, Jordan (15 February 2012). "Tower Block: Berlin Film Review"
Jack_O'Connell_(actor)
2009 fire in a London tower block
The Lakanal House fire occurred in a tower block on 3 July 2009 in Camberwell, London. Six people were killed, and at least 20 injured, when a high-rise
Lakanal_House_fire
Partly collapsed tower block in London
Ronan Point was a 22-storey tower block in Canning Town in Newham, East London, that partially collapsed on 16 May 1968, only two months after it opened
Ronan_Point
Residential building in Bristol, England
Barton House is a residential tower block in the Barton Hill area of Bristol, England. It is the city's oldest tower block and was officially opened on
Barton_House,_Bristol
Unidentified decedent in London
tower block". Sky News. Retrieved 2025-02-25. "New image released to help solve 2004 mystery of woman found dead at foot of Wembley Point tower block"
Wembley_Point_Woman
Residential tower block in London, England
Perronet House is an 11-storey residential council tower block adjacent to the northern roundabout of the Elephant and Castle, in London. In 1969 Sir
Perronet_House
in the UK, Glasgow witnessed the construction of high-rise housing in tower blocks in the 1960s, intended to replace the decaying tenement buildings originally
Housing_in_Glasgow
Topics referred to by the same term
Compressed earth block, a building block or unit for construction Glass brick, also known as glass block Tower block, a high-rise building Block (district subdivision)
Block
Suburban town & townland in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dunmurry at around 17:30 on 15 November 2017. The 56-flat tower block and its sister block Rathmoyne House were built in 1964 by Lisburn City Council
Dunmurry
Housing estate in West Midlands, England
the 34 tower blocks and 24 of the 27 maisonette blocks. Of the tower blocks proposed for demolition were the Centre 8 blocks, four tower blocks on the
Castle_Vale
Housing estate in North Kensington, London
composed of one tower block (Grenfell Tower) of 23 stories and 900 other units. In the early hours of 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Tower caught fire, resulting
Lancaster_West_Estate
Self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building
apartment complex, flat complex, block of flats, tenement (Scotland),tower block, high-rise or, occasionally, mansion block (in British English), especially
Apartment
Suburb of Motherwell, Scotland
the Craigneuk and Netherton areas of Wishaw. It consists of thirteen tower blocks (each over 52 metres (171 ft) high with at least 18 floors, constructed
Muirhouse,_North_Lanarkshire
Residential building in London ravaged by fire in 2017
Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in West London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of
Grenfell_Tower
2010 British TV series or programme
Tower Block of Commons is a British four-episode reality documentary show produced by Love Productions and broadcast on Channel 4 in 2010 where four Members
Tower_Block_of_Commons
1993 apartment building collapse in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
305yds The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tower Block 1 collapsed from a major
Highland_Towers_collapse
Scottish actress
William and Mary (2003–2005), Bonekickers (2008), Doc Martin (2011), Tower Block (2012), The Bletchley Circle (2013), Shetland (2014–2022), Benidorm (2016–2018)
Julie_Graham
British police procedural television series
and a young Libyan girl who fell together from the roof of a London tower block. When Constable Lizzie Adama—one of the only witnesses—disappears soon
The_Tower_(TV_series)
British architect (1937–2022)
on the structural and fire safety of Tower Blocks following his investigation into the Ronan Point tower block. Webb graduated from the Northern Polytechnic
Sam_Webb_(architect)
known as Gleadless Valley (Rollestone), is a complex of six residential tower blocks that was completed in 1964, as part of the wider Gleadless Valley Redevelopment
Brutalism_in_Sheffield
2012 film by Ciaran Foy
his pregnant wife Joanne are moving out of their flat in a condemned tower block. But when Tommy is in the lift, Joanne is cornered by a group of young
Citadel_(film)
Game played with a tower of blocks
take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively
Jenga
Layer of one material over another
high rise blocks in UK have 'similar' cladding to Grenfell Tower". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Robert Booth (26 June 2017). "Tower cladding
Cladding_(construction)
2006 television advertisement for Sony
Scotland at a condemned tower block. A suitable location had been searched for in Europe until they found the derelict tower block. The production crew arranged
Paint_(advertisement)
Residential building in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
the sides. The block is 37 metres (121 ft) tall with 11 floors, and contains 88 flats. The building has a similar podium to Balfron Tower, albeit more extensive
Balfron_Tower
Mixed usage, residential in Glasgow, Scotland
Anniesland Court is a 22-storey residential tower block in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, designed by J Holmes & Partners and completed in
Anniesland_Court
Former high-rise housing complex in Glasgow, Scotland
"points", more of a traditional tower block shape. The slabs had 28 floors (26 occupiable and 2 mechanical), the point blocks 31 (30 occupiable and 1 mechanical)
Red_Road_Flats
Tallest buildings in Hyderabad, India
"Aparna Sarovar Towers - Block A, Hyderabad - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 28 April 2026. "Aparna Sarovar Towers - Block B, Hyderabad
List of tallest buildings in Hyderabad
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hyderabad
University Tower stands at 85m, making it the city's tallest building. Meanwhile, four buildings in Springburn (the two western tower blocks of the Balgrayhill
List of tallest buildings and structures in Glasgow
List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Glasgow
British sitcom
15 Storeys High is a British sitcom, set in a residential tower block in south London. Created and co-written by Sean Lock, it originated as two radio
15_Storeys_High
Residential complex in London, England
residential towers, at 42 storeys and 123 metres (404 ft) high. The top two or three floors of each block comprise three penthouse flats. The towers are: Cromwell
Barbican_Estate
Fire in a tower block in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 6 April 2010
The Shirley Towers Fire occurred in a tower block on 6 April 2010 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Two firefighters were killed when a fire developed
Shirley_Towers_fire
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Froud and comprised two stages; a low rise Garden Block to Chermside Street and a high rise Tower Block to Dornoch Terrace. Importantly, it was the first
Torbreck,_Brisbane
2020-08-24. "How 1999 tower fire led to rule change". BBC News. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2020-08-24. "BBC News | UK | Fire hits tower block". news.bbc.co.uk.
List of high-rise façade fires
List_of_high-rise_façade_fires
Hong Kong residential block design
Twin Tower (Chinese: 雙塔型) is a 1970s Hong Kong public housing residential block design. In plan, the blocks look like two hollow squares joined at one
Twin_Tower
British government and local authority housing programmes
housing, blocks of low-rise of flats and maisonettes were widely built. By the 1960s, the emphasis on construction changed to high-rise tower blocks, which
Public housing in the United Kingdom
Public_housing_in_the_United_Kingdom
Computer case that stands vertically upright
greater than its width, thus having the appearance of an upstanding tower block, as opposed to a traditional "pizza box" computer case whose width is
Computer_tower
Municipal building in Plymouth, Devon, England
Devon, England. The building is in two sections, comprising a 14-storey tower block which housed the council's offices, and a two-storey southern wing called
Plymouth_Civic_Centre
Residential tower block in Bristol, England
residential tower block in the Easton area of Bristol, England. Built in 1969 at a height of 49 metres, it is the tallest council-owned housing block in the
Twinnell_House
British politician (born 1941)
"some of the disadvantages of living on estates containing tower blocks." He described tower block housing as "an economic and social disaster" and said he
George Young, Baron Young of Cookham
George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham
Inner-city area in Birmingham, England
of the houses was approved after they were built) Hodgson Tower This 20-storey tower block on Guildford Drive stands as one of the largest remaining structures
Newtown,_Birmingham
University teaching hospital in Northern Ireland
tower block dominates the Belfast skyline being the third tallest habitable storeyed building in Northern Ireland (after Windsor House and Obel Tower
Belfast_City_Hospital
Problem of stacking blocks to maximize overhang
In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, harmonic staircase
Block-stacking_problem
English cricketer and TV personality (born 1977)
development to build a new tower block in Castlefield, along Mancunian Way. The two buildings were dubbed the "Flintoff towers". After the original was
Andrew_Flintoff
Building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs
in Western Europe and elsewhere, particularly in public housing (see tower block). This construction method, known as Plattenbau in German, involves assembling
Large-panel-system_building
Residential in Harlow, Essex
Essex, England. The building is noted as being the first residential tower block in the UK, as well as being the location of its first pedestrian precinct
The_Lawn_(Harlow)
British politician (born 1964)
needed] In February 2010 Channel 4 broadcast a four-part series called Tower Block of Commons in which four MPs lived briefly on different council estates
Mark_Oaten
High-rise building in Dhaka, Bangladesh
city. Finnish architecture firm ARCO has designed the high-rise. The tower block is LEED Gold certified and will utilise a double-glazed façade for efficiency
Mirai_by_Nirman
Criticism of the response to a 2017 fire in West London
trained to deal with a situation where they might have to evacuate a tower block. Research by John Sweeney for BBC Newsnight described several issues
Criticism of the response to the Grenfell Tower fire
Criticism_of_the_response_to_the_Grenfell_Tower_fire
2015 film by Ben Wheatley
lives in a ravaged high-rise tower block, killing a dog and spit-roasting its leg. Three months earlier, the 40-storey tower on the outskirts of London
High-Rise_(film)
Tower block in Nottingham, England
Built in 1967 to a height of 61 metres (200 ft) with 21 floors, the tower block is the third tallest residential building in Nottingham. The building
Burrows_Court
Human settlement in Scotland
Fountainwell to the north – each with five 20-storey 'slab' tower blocks, plus seven 5-storey maisonette blocks and five rows of tenements in between. Most of these
Sighthill,_Glasgow
Type of fire
range from single-family detached homes and townhouses to apartments and tower blocks, or various commercial buildings ranging from offices to shopping malls
Structure_fire
1991 fire in Merseyside, England
Heights fire occurred on 5 April 1991 at the 11-story Knowsley Heights tower block in Huyton, Merseyside. No-one was injured in the fire. The fire was deliberately
Knowsley_Heights_fire
Mountain in the state of Wyoming
Block Tower is a (12,215-foot (3,723 m)) mountain located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Block Tower is on the west side
Block_Tower
Human settlement in Scotland
rise/multi-storey tower blocks. Previously eight tower blocks stood in an area known as the Shawbridge Corridor; the last of these blocks was demolished
Pollokshaws
Residential tower in England
Hadrian's Tower is a residential tower block in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the tallest building in Newcastle. Located at 27 Rutherford Street, construction
Hadrian's_Tower
Tourist attraction in Blackpool, England
name for the Tower Buildings, an entertainment complex in a red-brick three-storey block that comprises the tower, Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom, and
Blackpool_Tower
Tower block in Karnataka, India
Collection houses luxury brand stores. UB City UB City at night UB Tower Canberra Tower UB City Bangalore Building in UB City UB City Entrance List of tallest
UB_City
English actor (born 1990)
14 September 1990) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in Tower Block, for his numerous theatre roles, such as in the award-winning London
Harry_McEntire
Tower block fire in Hertfordshire, England
The Harrow Court fire occurred in a tower block on 2 February 2005 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Three people were killed, two of them firefighters
Harrow_Court_fire
Hotel in Singapore
its turrets and decorated façade. The Tower Block has elements of the Queen Anne Revival style, and the tower itself may have been influenced by those
Goodwood_Park_Hotel
Constituent art school of the University of the Arts Singapore
can join as members to access the materials online. The NAFA Campus 1 Tower Block is located on top of the Bencoolen MRT station, adjacent to NAFA Campus
Nanyang_Academy_of_Fine_Arts
Local authority in London, England
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, also known as Tower Hamlets Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Tower_Hamlets_London_Borough_Council
structure fires Skyscraper Tower block Firefighting Fire escape List of high-rise facade fires The Towering Inferno (film) "Central Tower, San Francisco". EMPORIS
List of fires in high-rise buildings
List_of_fires_in_high-rise_buildings
Human settlement in Scotland
corrugated metal cladding in the early 80s. The block at 240 Roystonhill became the first tower block in Glasgow to be demolished in 1992. There are few
Royston,_Glasgow
1998 video game
unchanged from its predecessor; players must build a profitable and unique tower block complete with various amenities and living accommodations, while balancing
Yoot_Tower
Housing estate in Sheffield, England
esteem. Two tower block schemes are incorporated into the project, three blocks were built at Herdings at Raeburn Place in 1959. These blocks are built
Gleadless_Valley
Housing estate in the London Borough of Camden
The Estate comprises five high-rise tower blocks with a total of 711 or 717 flats, in four identical 23-storey towers (Taplow, Burnham, Bray, and Dorney)
Chalcots_Estate
Building in the University of Leicester, England
18-storey tower block containing 270 offices and tutorial rooms; a low-rise building, known within the University as the 'Attenborough Seminar Block', containing
Attenborough_Building
Berlin museum about life in East Germany
in the recreated tower block apartment, change TV channels or use an original typewriter. The exhibition consists of thematic blocks, including education
DDR_Museum
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
Insurance Company Tower (colloquially known as the Met Life Tower and also as the South Building) is a skyscraper occupying a full block in the Flatiron
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Company_Tower
1960s modernist block in Kingston upon Hull, England
Kingston House is a tower block and low rise office development built in Kingston upon Hull, England, in the 1960s in a modernist style. Kingston House
Kingston House, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston_House,_Kingston_upon_Hull
Housing estate in Hong Kong
square feet and includes 3 bedrooms, with 3 apartments per floor of each tower block. The other two layouts, with 200 apartments each, have areas of 1490
Braemar_Hill_Mansions
University tower block in Edinburgh, Scotland
Appleton Tower is a tower block in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned by the University of Edinburgh. When the university developed the George Square area in the
Appleton_Tower
Outcome of the September 11 attacks
deprecated archival service (link) Christian, Nicholas (2006). "Glasgow tower block to shed light on 9/11 fire". The Scotsman. Archived from the original
Collapse of the World Trade Center
Collapse_of_the_World_Trade_Center
List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
failure Tower abort Ocean success Tower success No attempt 1 2 3 4 5 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 1 2 3 4
List_of_Starship_launches
Area of London, England
slum clearance and development replaced most residential streets with tower blocks and modern housing estates. Some Georgian architecture and Victorian
Stepney
Area of Glasgow, Scotland
with new homes in high rise tower blocks. The area became almost unrecognisable from its previous appearance, with blocks of tenements swept away along
Hutchesontown
Tower block in Whipton, Exeter
Rennes House is a defunct tower block in Whipton, a small area of Exeter, England. It is one of the tallest buildings in Exeter. It was set to be demolished
Rennes_House
Area of Birmingham, England
In 1967, Haddon Tower was completed, and in 1968, Longleat Tower was completed. Packwood House was the only 12 storey tower block on the estate. The
Lee_Bank
1987 British TV series or programme
people's height. Anyone below 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) tall was forced to live in tower-block ghettos south of the River Thames. The main characters of the show were
A_Small_Problem
Apartment building in Bristol, England
2022, it comprises five blocks containing 375 flats in total, arranged around a courtyard and anchored by a 26-storey tower designed by Chapman Taylor
Castle_Park_View
included. List of tallest buildings and structures in the world List of twin structures Pearl Monument, an iconic structure in Bahrain. Fakhro Tower
List of tallest structures in Bahrain
List_of_tallest_structures_in_Bahrain
Hotel building in Brighton, United Kingdom
or 1970s a two-storey flat block was built on top of the hotel for residential use. The flats are typical 1960s tower block style building and when the
DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole
DoubleTree_by_Hilton_Brighton_Metropole
Building in Singapore
comprises a 18-storey office tower and a six-storey podium, while the other building comprises a 17-storey residential tower block and a seven-storey podium
Orchard_Towers
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The pyramid shaped tower block or "tetrahedron", designed by the Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels
Via_57_West
Demolished apartment building in Dunston, England
three high-rise blocks of at least 22 storeys, but due to adverse ground conditions on site the decision was made to build one tower, with the rest being
Derwent_Tower
British animated children's TV series
dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived with Mary's parents in a tower block in a busy town. BBC newsreader Richard Baker was the narrator and the
Mary,_Mungo_and_Midge
British poet and children's book author
Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze. Coelho grew up in a tower block in Roehampton, England, the son of a single parent. He became interested
Joseph_Coelho
Series of events following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017
On 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST; it caused
Aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
Aftermath_of_the_Grenfell_Tower_fire
Office in Moscow, Russia
2018-06-21. "Naberezhnaya Tower Block B - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2018-06-21. "Naberezhnaya Tower Block C - The Skyscraper
Naberezhnaya_Tower
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Toller.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for one who lived in a township or village, Middle English toun, + -er, a characteristic topographic ending of Sussex surnames.English (Sussex) : occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolnere, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’. Compare Toller.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon English
Tower.
Boy/Male
Italian
Tower.
Male
Hebrew
(תּï‹×žÖ¶×¨) Hebrew name TOMER means "tall, stately," like a palm tree.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Tow.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.Cornish : variant of Flower 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk)
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mÄwen).Welsh : nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).German (Möwer) : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mÅven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Hebrew, Jewish
Tree; Palm Tree; Signifies Tall; Statuesque
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Boy/Male
Welsh Shakespearean
Pure.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a comber or carder of wool, from an agent derivative of Middle English tÅse(n) ‘to tease’.Americanized spelling of Hungarian TÅ‘zsér, an occupational name for a dealer or tradesman, tÅ‘zsér, especially one selling cattle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Thrower.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair (see Trevor).Americanized spelling of German Trauer, a habitational name for someone from Trauen in Lower Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Tower, with later -s.English : habitational name for someone from Tours in Eure-et-Loire, northern France, so called from the Gaulish tribal name Turones, of uncertain etymology.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Toller.
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
Girl/Female
American, British, Celtic, Christian, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Irish, Latin, Norse, Scandinavian, Swedish
Exalted One; Strength; To Help; Power; Bright in Looking
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Laurel, LAURELLE means "laurel."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mother
Female
Serbian
Serbian name GRUBANA means "tender."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lion's share. Pure. Best friend. Untroubled.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Conqueror of Universe; Lord Arjuna
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Owner of the Two Horns; World Conqueror; Epithet of a Just King Mentioned in the Quran
Girl/Female
Tamil
Joy
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Love
Girl/Female
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Sikh
Music Flow; Taal; Sur
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
TOWER BLOCK
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
a.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
n.
One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
a.
Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.
n.
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
a.
To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
n.
A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.