| finial |
a decorative element that points upward from the end or top of something, as from an arch, a piece of furniture, or a lampshade. |
| give someone the finger |
(slang) to express anger or contempt by extending the middle finger upward. |
| gradient |
sloping gradually and uniformly upward or downward. [1/4 definitions] |
| hammerlock |
a hold in which a wrestler pulls one arm of an opponent backward and twists it upward. |
| handstand |
an act of balancing the body on the hands with the feet extended upward. |
| hatchback |
a style of automobile in which the rear covering extends in a slope from the roof and can be opened upward to allow maximum access to the rear storage area. |
| heave |
to swell or bend upward under the pressure of powerful underlying force. [1/11 definitions] |
| high |
of a specified extent upward. [1/14 definitions] |
| hitch1 |
a jerky pull, esp. upward. [1/9 definitions] |
| hump |
to lift or bend (the back) upward. [2/6 definitions] |
| in one's way |
to block one's upward progress. [1/2 definitions] |
| laccolith |
a mass of igneous rock that has been forced between layers of sedimentary rock and has bulged them upward. |
| lift |
to move (something) upward; raise. [3/12 definitions] |
| Lombardy poplar |
a tall, very slender tree, with branches that curve sharply upward. |
| mount1 |
to move upward; rise. [1/10 definitions] |
| occlude |
in meteorology, to form a composite weather front by the action of cold air overtaking a warm front and forcing it upward. [1/5 definitions] |
| occluded front |
the air front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing it upward. |
| occlusion |
an occluded front; the air front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing it upward. [1/3 definitions] |
| perk1 |
to stick upward or outward (often fol. by "up"). [1/5 definitions] |
| perpendicular |
sloping sharply upward. [1/7 definitions] |
| pole bean |
any vinelike variety of bean that can twine upward around a pole, stake, trellis, or the like. (Cf. bush bean.) |