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Answer for the clue "Setting on end ", 8 letters:
upending

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Word definitions for upending in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. turning upside down; setting on end [syn: inversion ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of upend English)

Usage examples of upending.

His left hand flew up toward his cap, catching the corner of the board and upending it with a smack.

He beheld her pale body and hair spring and turn over, and then the upending of something that curved up like a bow against the shining sky, flickering a fan of silvered paper upon its utmost end.

He held it steady in preparation for upending the contents into the tank.

In Derendorf Matern makes room on the running board for a bilious watchmaker, who might also be a professor, by upending his barracks bag.