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Recurviroster :: Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet..

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

Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

Riser :: Riser (n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.

Upwards :: Upwards (adv.) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward..

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..

Jet D''eau :: "Jet d'eau () A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament..

Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..

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

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..

Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet..

Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air..

Upgaze :: Upgaze (v. i.) To gaze upward.

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel..

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

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