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Ascend
- verb - appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
- become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
- come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
- go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
- go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
- move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
- slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
- to climb
- travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
Ascent
- noun - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
Ascham
- - A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
Ascoma
- noun - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
Ascots
- noun - a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
- Also a famous racecourse (and small town) in Berkshire...
Asdics
- noun - a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"
- British term for sonar
Asemia
- - Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.
Asgard
- noun - (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes