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Upbreak :: Upbreak (n.) A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Stilt :: Stilt (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm..

Anophyte :: Anophyte (n.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves..

Upward :: Upward (adv.) Alt. of Upward.

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait..

Upseek :: Upseek (v. i.) To seek or strain upward.

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

Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction..

Up :: Up (a.) Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train..

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

High-sighted :: High-sighted (a.) Looking upward; supercilious.

Acclivous :: Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

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..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

Kirked :: Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent.

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

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

Supinator :: Supination (n.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Skee :: Skee (n.) A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding..

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