Sentence:  Catherine had a paperback called "Graphology: The Mind in the Hand", which gave her all sorts of warnings about people's tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous <WSD>ascenders</WSD>, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.