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Look up: Rising

  1. rising
    [adj] - increasing in amount or degree 2. [adj] - preceding the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot 3. [adj] - advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status 4. [adj] - (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon 5. [adj] - newly come into prominence
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. rising
    the time interval in which the direction of the tide current is approximately the same as that of the sea current; -CILF Category: Management in the public and private sector • The actual rising of the water from low water to the next high water. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • that period between low and high water;BTM Category:...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Rising
    Ris'ing adjective 1. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon. 2. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character. « Among the rising theologians of Germany.» Hare. 3. Growing; advancing to adult year ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/85

  4. Rising
    Ris'ing preposition More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. [ Colloq. & Low, U.S.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/85

  5. Rising
    Ris'ing noun 1. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense). 2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10. Rising main (Waterworks) , the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/85

  6. rising
    adjective newly come into prominence; `a rising young politician`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. rising
    adjective advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; `a rising trend`; `a rising market`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. rising
    ascent noun a movement upward; `they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Rising
    `Rising` may refer to: *`Rising`, the last novel of R. C. Hutchinson *The following albums: **`Rising` (Rainbow album) **`Rising` (Donovan album) **`Rising` (Yoko Ono album) **`Rising` (Stuck Mojo album) *`Rising` (`Stargate Atlantis`), the series premiere of the science fiction television program `Stargate Atlantis` *Rising, a synonym for uprising *Rising Antivirus, a Chinese anti-virus company. *Rising Records, a record label *The 1916 Easter...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising

  10. Rising
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rise • (a.) Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon. • (prep.) More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. • (n.) That which rises; a tumor; a boil. • (a.) Growing; advancing to adult ye...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. RISING
    Syn. spring.
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm

  12. rising
    1. a movement upward
    2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
    3. move upward
    4. increase in value or to a higher point
    5. come to the surface
    6. become more extreme
    7. come into existence; take on form or shape
    8. be promoted, move to a better position
    9. go up or advance
    10. get up and out of bed
    11. increase in volume; of dough<...
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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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