| gules |
the color red in heraldic arms, indicated in an engraving by vertical lines. |
| half-timbered |
of a house or other building, having an exposed framework of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal timbers, with the spaces in between filled with plaster or brick. |
| harrow |
a farm implement that has spikes or vertical disks mounted on a heavy frame and is used to break up and level plowed ground. [1/4 definitions] |
| headstand |
the act of balancing upside down on one's head with the body vertical and usu. supported by the hands and arms. |
| height |
vertical extent or altitude; distance up. [1/5 definitions] |
| high |
of great vertical extent; elevated; tall. [1/14 definitions] |
| horizontal |
parallel to the horizon or to the earth; ninety degrees from vertical. |
| ichthyosaur |
any of an extinct variety of marine reptiles that had four flippers, a dolphinlike head, and a vertical caudal fin, and that ranged in length from four to forty feet. |
| inclination |
a tilt from the horizontal or vertical, or the degree to which something tilts; slant. [1/5 definitions] |
| incline |
to move from or be angled away from a vertical or horizontal position; slant. [1/5 definitions] |
| inclined |
at an angle from a horizontal or vertical position; slanted; sloping. [1/2 definitions] |
| jack-in-the-pulpit |
a North American wildflower having a single vertical spike with a green and purple sheath that forms a hood over its top. |
| jackscrew |
a jack in which the lifting surface is threaded on and operated by a vertical screw. |
| kingbolt |
a large, vertical, main bolt, used esp. for joining the front axle and wheels to the body of a wagon or other vehicle. |
| kingpin |
a strong vertical pin or bolt that serves as a pivot; kingbolt. [1/3 definitions] |
| king post |
in carpentry, a supporting vertical post between the apex of a triangular truss and the horizontal tie beam. (Cf. queen post.) |
| ledge |
a narrow, flat, horizontal projection from a vertical surface, esp. from a wall, as at the bottom of a window. [1/3 definitions] |
| level |
a device for determining a true horizontal or vertical plane, as in carpentry. [1/15 definitions] |
| line graph |
a graph that plots the relationship between two variable quantities, represented on horizontal and vertical axes, by connecting their coordinate points with straight lines. |
| loop |
a maneuver in which an airplane is flown in a circle on a vertical plane. [1/11 definitions] |
| mansard |
a roof having four nearly vertical slopes topped by a nearly flat slope. |