ASCENDER

n. climber, one who ascends

In typography, an ascender is the portion of a letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font. That is, the part of the letter that is taller than the font's x-height.Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the recognizability of words. For this reason, British highway road signs that must be read quickly no longer use all capital letters.
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Noun
1. someone who ascends
(hypernym) mover
(hyponym) mounter, climber
(derivation) ascend, go up
2. a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(derivation) ascend
3. (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
(hypernym) line
(classification) printing, printing process

v. ascend, rise; promote, advance; elevate; prefer; total

v. ascend, rise