Word Finder - upright

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Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

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A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

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An upright piano.

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Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

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To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

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Vertical; erect.

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I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

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Greater in height than breadth.

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Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

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(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

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In or into an upright position

A moment later he sat upright in bed.

She scrambled to sit upright, forcing the pain in her shoulder to the back of her mind.

He steadied himself, pulling upright until he was sure of his footing.

They have generally the lofty brow, the regular features, the spare upright figure, and the calm aspect which might be expected in a race maintained in great purity yet upon a broad basis.

He bore throughout his career the reputation of an intelligent and upright public servant.

The dead in the earlier period were laid (so far as we know at present) within cists constructed of upright stones.

Adams's upright and patriotic conduct in taking the unpopular side in this case met with its just reward in the following year, in the shape of his election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives by a vote of 418 to 118.

The Eskimo dog has small, upright ears, a straight bushy tail, moderately sharp muzzle and rough coat.

The larger variety of the race has a sharp muzzle, upright pointed ears, and a bushy tail generally carried over the back.

It is a large forest tree of upright habit extending to 60 or 70 ft.

The upright white hewn studs and freshly planed door and window casings gave it a clean and airy look, especially in the morning, when its timbers were saturated with dew, so that I fancied that by noon some sweet gum would exude from them.

After supper, over their cherry brandy, Rostov and "Uncle" talked of past and future hunts, of Rugay and Ilagin's dogs, while Natasha sat upright on the sofa and listened with sparkling eyes.

Instead, she tried to keep her trembling body upright and her vision from growing tunneled.

A'Ran compelled the sword into the ground deep enough for it to remain upright when he released it.

Dryden, while compelled to honour him as an upright judge, overwhelmed his memory with scathing, if venal, satire; and Dryden's satire has been accepted as truth by later historians.

In the third he stands almost upright; in the first he kneels; in the second he stoops, halfway between the upright and the kneeling position.

Then Deioces, son of Phraortes, an illustrious man of upright character, was chosen judge in his village, and the justness of his decisions induced the inhabitants of the other villages to throng to him.

In the United States the spikes are simply driven in with a maul, and the rails stand upright, little care being taken to prepare seats for them on the sleepers, on which they soon seat themselves.

Now the local Baal was the divine owner of the fertile spot where his sanctuary (0 - desk) was marked by the upright stone pillar, the symbol of his presence, on which the blood of the slaughtered victim was smeared.

He created Adam and Eve, but was unable to make them stand upright, whereupon Hibil, Shithil and Anosh were sent by the First Life to infuse into their forms spirit from Mana rabba himself.

The sample, arranged as a bundle of rectangular strips, is caused to rotate about a central horizontal axis between the poles of an upright C-shaped magnet, which is supported near 'its middle upon knife-edges in such a manner that it can oscillate about an axis in a line with that about which the specimen rotates; the lower side of the magnet is weighted, to give it some stability.

When the specimen rotates, the magnet is deflected from its upright position by an amount which depends upon the work done in a single complete rotation, and therefore upon the hysteresis.

It was all she could do to remain upright on tingling weak legs.

The " Endeavour " then coasted northward, and after passing and naming Mount Dromedary, the Pigeon House, Point Upright, Cape St George and Red Point, Botany Bay was discovered on the 28th of April 1770, and as it appeared to offer a suitable anchorage, the " Endeavour " entered the bay and dropped anchor.

The Persians of Cyrus were a vigorous race of husbandmen, living in a healthy climate, accustomed to hardship, brave and upright.

In character Turgot was simple, honourable and upright, with a passion for justice and truth.

The blowing iron is constantly trundled, and the small lump of glass is squeezed and flattened into the shape of a foot, either between two slabs of wood hinged together, or by pressure against an upright board.

Some people claim they even saw the pig walk upright like a human, but generally no one ever believed them.

The top was clean except for accessories and a few letters standing upright in a sorter.

He laid down the seven of hearts, on which with a broken bit of chalk he had written "800 rubles" in clear upright figures; he emptied the glass of warm champagne that was handed him, smiled at Dolokhov's words, and with a sinking heart, waiting for a seven to turn up, gazed at Dolokhov's hands which held the pack.

Postural instability-loss of the ability to maintain upright posture caused by slow or absent righting reflexes.

Men often practice quick and sharp movements low to the ground, while women are more upright with hip twisting and flowing execution of dance.

Hold bottle upright to dispense cream either into your hand or directly on the area to be shaved.

The whole piece depends on retaining the type of tension only found when the wearer is standing upright.

Before giving your child this doll, make sure she understands that she shouldn't feed her when she's not wearing her diaper and she needs to hold her upright when she's giving her the bottle, just like you would with a real baby.

The DC14 Telescope Reach All Floors model is Dyson's entry-level upright vacuum cleaner ideal for households with different flooring throughout the premises.

The vacuum includes the same proprietary Cyclone technology found in their full size upright vacuums.

Oreck has several vacuum cleaners on the market today, ranging from classic upright vacuums to advanced steam cleaners.

There are two vacuums in this line, a traditional upright vacuum, and a smaller hand held vacuum.

Originally, the company manufactured upright vacuums that were sold to hotel chains across the United States.

Also, the design of the ionic purifiers require that is stands upright, this can be disappointing for people who wished to place the device in a vertical position to keep it out of sight.

Miele vacuum cleaner bags and belts available to fit all types of vacuum cleaners, including upright vacuums and canister style units.

Miele vacuums come in a range of styles from canister to upright and in designs to match your particular needs.

This allows them to be used upright to remove wrinkles from all types of fabric.

For example, the brush roller on a Kenmore upright vacuum is different from that found on a Kenmore canister vacuum.

Miele vacuums come in models that are canister, upright and stick.

Pre-motor Filter is designed to be used in all canister vacuums and also forthe S7 upright.

All styles include plastic food pushing tools to force foods inserted into the feed tube onto the upright cutting discs.

Upright freezers classified as small models typically range from just over one cubic foot to just over eight cubic feet.

The purpose of the core is to help keep the wick upright as it burns.