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capital²	the top part of a column or pillar.
column	an upright structure that looks like a post. A column helps support a building. [1/4 definitions]
columnist	a writer or editor of a regular column or feature in a newspaper or magazine.
pedestal	a support or base for a column, statue, or some other object.
pillar	a tall column shaped like a cylinder that is used to support a structure or to serve as a decoration or monument.
spinal column	the row of bones that runs along the center of the back; spine; backbone. The bones of the spinal column are called vertebrae. The spinal column protects the nerves in the spinal cord.
spine	the backbone; spinal column. [1/3 definitions]
vertebra	one of the small bones that form the spinal column.
whirlwind	a small storm in which a column of air turns rapidly around a central axis as the storm moves forward. Tornadoes are whirlwinds. [1/3 definitions]

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