Definition of above

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Above (prep.) Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach..

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Brigadier General :: Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier..
Bude Burner :: Bude burner () A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes..
Epipharyngeal :: Epipharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
Upwards :: Upwards (adv.) Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
Superchery :: Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
Deep-waisted :: Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck..
Supra-angular :: Supra-acromial (a.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.
Suprarenal :: Suprapubic (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone..
Supraciliary :: Suprachoroidal (a.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.
Gynophore :: Gynophore (n.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower..
Irreproachable :: Irreproachable (a.) Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Gentlewoman :: Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
Voice :: Voice (v. t.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
Response :: Response (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
Timberhead :: Timberhead (n.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head..
Tegula :: Tegula (n.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
Outmount :: Outmount (v. t.) To mount above.
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