ASCENDER
- person or thing that ascends or causes ascension
- a. the part of a lowercase letter, as b, d, f, h, that rises above x-height b. letter rising above x-height, as b, d, f, h, etc.
- one that ascends (to go or move upward) [n ASCENDERS]
- one that ascends (to rise (to move upward)) [n -S]