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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..

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

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

Quarte :: Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast..

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

High-reaching :: High-reaching (a.) Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring..

Elater :: Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle..

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

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

Rising :: Rising (a.) Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon..

Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball..

Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback..

Supped :: Sunwise (adv.) In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward..

Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Upbreak :: Upbreak (v. i.) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Upward :: Upward (n.) The upper part; the top.

Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..

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..

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

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