plural of raising agent

(Australia) The alleged practice of using traffic fines as a means of gathering taxes, rather than for road safety.

(of flour) Capable of rising without added leavening agent.

(idiomatic, informal) To cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.

(idiomatic) To cause surprise. / (idiomatic) To cause mild disapproval. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, eyebrows.

Alternative form of hair-raising

plural of draw raise

(transitive) To raise (put at a higher level)

A machine used to excavate a circular hole between two levels of an underground mine without the use of explosives.

(transitive) To introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for.