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Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..

Antrorse :: Antrorse (a.) Forward or upward in direction.

Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..

Camber :: Camber (v. i.) To curve upward.

Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..

Montant :: Montant (n.) An upward thrust or blow.

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

Crown :: Crown (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley..

Supination :: Supination (n.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward..

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

Avoset :: Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana..

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

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

Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t

Uprush :: Uprush (v. i.) To rush upward.

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.

Updive :: Updive (v. i.) To spring upward; to rise.

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..

Upright :: Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree..

Excelsior :: Excelsior (v. t.) More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

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