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Upright :: Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Basset :: Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata..

Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction..

Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait..

Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Basseting :: Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..

Levation :: Levation (n.) The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

Uprush :: Uprush (n.) Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava..

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..

Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..

Upgush :: Upgush (v. i.) To gush upward.

Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..

Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

Upward :: Upward (a.) Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course..

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