stand+erect
81campion — /kam pee euhn/, n. any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers. [1570 80; special use of campion, old var. ( < AF) of CHAMPION; cf. Gk (lychnis) stephanomatikós (lychnis) for making garlands,… …
82Campion — /kam pee euhn/, n. Thomas, 1567 1620, English songwriter and poet. * * * Any of the ornamental rock garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene, of the pink family, consisting of about 500 species of herbaceous plants found throughout… …
83cock — [n] rooster capon, chanticleer, chicken, cock a doodle doo*, cockalorum, cockerel; concept 394 cock [v] aim up toward erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up; concept 201 …
84weight lifting — n. the athletic exercise or competitive sport of lifting barbells: also written weightlifting weight lifter n. weightlifter * * * Sport in which barbells are lifted competitively or as an exercise. The two main events are (1) the snatch, in which …
85statue — [14] A statue is etymologically something that has been ‘set up’ or ‘erected’. The word comes via Old French statue from Latin statua, a derivative of statuere ‘cause to stand, erect, establish’ (source of English constitute, destitute [14],… …
86statue — [14] A statue is etymologically something that has been ‘set up’ or ‘erected’. The word comes via Old French statue from Latin statua, a derivative of statuere ‘cause to stand, erect, establish’ (source of English constitute, destitute [14],… …
87Bristle — Bris tle, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] His hair did bristle upon his head. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster]… …
88To bristle up — Bristle Bris tle, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] His hair did bristle upon his head. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913… …
89holocaust — holocaustal, adj. holocaustic, adj. /hol euh kawst , hoh leuh /, n. 1. a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire. 2. a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering. 3. (usually cap.) the systematic mass slaughter of… …
90prick — pricker, n. prickingly, adv. /prik/, n. 1. a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like. 2. a sharp point; prickle. 3. the act of pricking: the prick of a needle. 4. the state or sensation of being pricked. 5. a sharp pain caused by or as if… …
