Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z uphoist To hoist up. uphold To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. upholdable Capable of being upheld. upholdatory upholding, supporting, sustaining (without verbal force) upholder Someone who upholds something. upholding The act by which something is upheld. uphole Within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole. Upholland A village and civil parish (spelt Up Holland) in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5205). upholster To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture). upholsterable Able to be upholstered. upholstered Covered in or characterized by upholstery. upholsterer One who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation. upholstering The padding, springs, webbing, and covers found on furniture. upholsterous Of or relating to upholstery. upholstery The craft or business of upholstering furniture. upholstress A female upholsterer. uphurl To hurl or cast up. Upington A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa. UPite A person from Uttar Pradesh, India. upjerk An upward jerk. upjet To jet upward. Upjohn A surname from Welsh. upjumped Synonym of jumped-up. upkeep Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition. upkick A kick in an upwards direction performed while on the floor upkindle To kindle upward. upknit To knit together; to unite. upladder Up a ladder. upland The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation. uplander A person from the uplands. uplandish Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts. uplands An area in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya. Uplawmoor A village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4355). uplay To lay up; hoard. uplead The line or lines connecting the output of a transmitter to its antenna. uplean To lean or incline upward; to cause (something) to lean upward. upleap To leap up; spring up. Upleatham A village in Guisborough parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6319). upleg A replacement property in the 1031 exchange. uplevel Having greater capabilities or a higher version number. uplevels From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building. uplift To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level. upliftable Able to be uplifted. uplifted Lifted upwards, raised. upliftedly In an uplifted manner. upliftedness The quality of being uplifted. uplifter One who, or that which, uplifts. uplifting Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness. upliftingly In an uplifting manner. upliftingness The quality of being uplifting. upliftment Lifting up; elevation or promotion. uplight A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction. uplighter Synonym of uplight. uplighting Lighting concentrated in an upward direction. Uplinger A surname from German. uplink The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform. uplist To move further up a list (especially in terms of less endangered animals that become more endangered). uplisted Placed higher in a list uplisting The placing of something higher on a list. upload To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet. uploadability The property of being uploadable. uploadable Capable of being uploaded. uploaded Having been uploaded; having been digitally sent from one's computer to someone else's. uploader Someone who uploads files. uploading The process by which something is uploaded. uplock A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight. uplong Along in an upward direction. uplook To look upward. uplooker One who gazes upward. uploom To loom upward. Uplowman A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0115). uplying Of land: higher than nearby areas. Uplyme A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England, which borders onto Lyme Regis, Dorset (OS grid ref SY3293). upma An Indian porridge of dry roasted semolina or coarse rice flour, often with vegetables and seasonings. upmake To make up. upmaker A person employed to make up galley proofs in page mode. upmaking Pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as filling up in building, especially between the bilgeways and ship's bottom, preparatory to launching. upman A player of the return team at kickoff upmanship Only used in one-upmanship upmarket Designed for customers with a high income. upmarketness The state or quality of being upmarket. upmass The payload mass carried up to orbit from Earth. upmethylate To methylate (a gene) more than usually Upminster A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5686). upmix To demix a downmixed track and increase the number of channels: convert mono into stereo, or stereo into surround sound, etc. upmodulate To modulate to a higher level. upmodulation modulation to a higher level upmost Uppermost. upmount To mount. upmountain Higher up a mountain. upmove To move upward. upness The state, quality, or condition of being up Upney A former village in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4584). Upnor The villages of Lower Upnor and Upper Upnor, as well as Upnor Castle, in Medway, Kent, England. upo Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit. upogebiid Any member of the Upogebiidae. upokororo A New Zealand fish, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus in the family Haplochitonidae, rather like a trout. Upolu An island of Samoa. upon alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses. uposatha A regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation Upotipotpon A locality in the Shire of Strathbogie, north eastern Victoria, Australia. Upp A surname. Uppal A surname. Uppard A surname uppent pent up, confined upper At a higher physical position, level, rank or order. Upperby A suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, now in Cumberland district (OS grid ref NY4053). uppercard The part of a wrestling show towards the end of the card (programme or schedule). It is the most prestigious part of the show compared to the midcard and lowcard uppercarder A wrestler who performs in the uppercard uppercase Written in upper case; capital. upperclassman A junior or senior student in a school or college. upperclassmanship The position or condition of an upperclassman. upperclassperson An upperclassman of any gender. upperclasswoman A female upperclassman. Upperco An unincorporated community in Baltimore County and Carroll County, Maryland, United States. uppercruster A member of the upper crust; a social elite. uppercut A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin. upperer One who fits the uppers to shoes. upperest Uppermost. Upperlands A village north-east of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C8704) Uppermill A village in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9905). uppermost At or nearest the top of something. upperpart Any of the upper parts of a bird, including the mantle, back, rump and upper part of the tail coverts uppers The parts of a pair of shoes that do not normally contact the ground. uppersemilattice The upper subset of a semilattice upperstocks Short breeches. uppertail The dorsal part of the tail of a bird uppertendom The very highest social class; the upper ten. Upperton A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9522). upperwing The upper part of a wing of a bird or butterfly upperworks superstructure upperworld Heaven. uppest uppermost uppies Synonym of uppy (“the act of being held up”). uppile To pile up; to heap up. upping The act of increasing something. Uppingham A market town and civil parish with a town council in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8699). Uppinghamian A student or alumnus of Uppingham School in Rutland, England. Uppington A hamlet in Hinton parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0106). uppish Having plenty of money. uppishly In an uppish manner, arrogantly, with an air of superiority. uppishness The state, or an instance, of being uppish. uppitily In an uppity manner. uppitiness The state, or an instance, of being uppity. uppity Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty. Uppland A historical province in central Sweden. upplough To plough up. uppluck To pluck up; pull up; deracinate. uppour To pour upward. uppowoc tobacco