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Words related to obelisk
ob·e·lisk
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cleopatra's needle
either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc: one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880 -
dagger
A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges. -
monolith
an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone. -
obelia
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc. -
pyramidion
a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk. -
taper
to become smaller or thinner toward one end.