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Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..

Pennatulacea :: Pennatulacea (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria..

Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

Uprightly :: Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.

Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..

Mullion :: Mullion (n.) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.

Integrity :: Integrity (n.) Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude..

Ringtoss :: Ringtoss (n.) A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..

Justice :: Justice (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.

Poppyhead :: Poppyhead (n.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches..

Pilaster :: Pilaster (n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less..

Righteousness :: Righteousness (n.) The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.

Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..

Riser :: Riser (n.) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread..

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