Definition of above

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Above (prep.) In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.

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Extant :: Extant (a.) Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
Redound :: Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
Top :: Top (v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current..
Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak..
Only :: Only (a.) Above all others; particularly.
Latchstring :: Latchstring (n.) A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
Surname :: Surname (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name..
Clerestory :: Clerestory (n.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs..
Loft :: Loft (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
Gable :: Gable (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway..
Altissimo :: Altissimo (n.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.
Vertebrata :: Vertebrata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Lep
Besides :: Besides (prep.) Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside..
Supracretaceous :: Supracranial (a.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..
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