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 upspeaker One who speaks up; an advocate. upspear To rise or point upward like spears. upspeed To speed up. upspew To vomit. upsplash An upward splash; material splashed upwards. upspout To spout upward. upspread To spread upward. upspring To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being. upsprout To sprout up. upspurt An upward spurt. UPSR Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school. upstack The upper part of the stack. upstaff To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce. upstaffing The process of increasing the workforce for a business or institution. upstage The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera. upstager One who upstages. upstaging A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention. upstair upstairs upstairs Located on a higher floor or level of a building. upstand To stand up; arise; be erect; rise. upstander A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive. upstanding Honest; reputable; respectable. upstandingly In an upstanding manner upstandingness The quality of being upstanding (honest, reputable, respectable). upstare To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle. upstart One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous. upstartish Like an upstart. upstartism The behaviour or attitudes of an upstart. upstartle To cause to rise up in startlement. upstartled Startled awake or into action. upstartness The quality of being an upstart. upstat A successful person who is making progress. upstate The northern section of a state. upstater A person from upstate; usually specifically a person from upstate New York. upstay To sustain, support. upsteal To steal or creep upward. upstep An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. upstir Commotion; disturbance, tumult. upstirring disturbance; commotion Upstone A surname. upstrain To strain upward. upstrap To strap up upstream In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver. upstreamer A person who lives upstream. upstreaming A partnership between an independent record label and a major record label, by which successful acts signed to the independent label are transferred to the major label. upstreamness The condition of being upstream. upstreamward In an upstream direction. upstreamwards In an upstream direction. upstreet Toward the higher part of a street. upstretched Stretched upwards. upstrike A kind of early typewriter whose typebar falls back into position under gravity after typing each character, with the disadvantage that typed characters are not immediately visible. upstrive To strive upward. upstroke The upward stroke of a pen, brush, piston, etc. upstruck Protruding upwards. upstyle Which capitalizes all nouns, adjectives and adverbs (in a title, heading, headline, header, or similar display type element): which is styled in title case. upsuck To suck upward. upsurge A sudden strong rise or flow. upsurgence An upsurge. upsurging That which surges upward. upswallow To swallow up. upswarm To rise in a swarm. upsway To sway or swing up; brandish. upsweep An upward sweep or curve. upswell A rising swell. upswelling That which upswells. upswept curved or swept upwards upswim To swim up or upward. upswimming swimming upward upswing An upward swing. Uptain A surname. uptake Understanding; comprehension. uptaker A speech act that takes up a topic raised by a previous speaker. uptaking An understanding; comprehension. uptalk Speech that has a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were a question; upspeak. uptalker One who uptalks. uptalking The act of uptalking. uptalky Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk. uptear To tear up (wrench from the ground). uptempo Having a fast tempo. uptend To have an upward tendency. upter Useless, no good. upthread Previously, or hierarchically higher, in a thread of discussion. upthrow To throw or cast upwards. upthrust An upward thrust. upthunder To send up a noise like thunder. uptick A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining. uptie To tie up, fasten up. uptight Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. uptightly In an uptight manner. uptightness The state or quality of being uptight uptill up to, or against uptilt To tilt upward. uptilted Tilted upward. uptime The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot. uptitling The practice of giving a job an impressive title to make it appear more desirable. uptitrate To gradually increase a dose while observing the effects; (and usually, especially) to arrive at the optimal dose by so doing. uptitration The gradual increase of a dose accompanied by observation of effects, usually and especially to arrive at an optimal dose. Upton A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711). Uptonian Of or pertaining to Emory Upton (1839–1881), American military general and strategist. uptoss To toss up. uptower To tower above; to loom. uptown The residential part of a city, which is usually away from the central business district. uptowner A person who comes from uptown. uptrace An almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of the river. uptrain To train up; educate. uptree Higher in a tree data structure. uptrend An upward trend, or an upturn. uptune An uptempo piece of music. upturn An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit. upturned Turned over; inverted; capsized. upturning A turning upward. uptwirl To twist upward. uptwist To twist upward. upupa A hoopoe. upupid Any member of the family Upupidae, the hoopoes. upvalley In the direction of flow up a valley. upvaluation The act or result of upvaluing. upvalue A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure. uPVC unplasticized polyvinyl chloride upvote A vote for something that increases a cumulative tally of popularity. upvoter One who upvotes. upwaft To waft upward. upward In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin. upwardly In an upward manner. upwardness Quality of being or going upward. upwards Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground. upwarp A broad anticline caused by local uplift. upwarping The process of forming an upwarp. upwash upward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet upways upward upweight To give a greater weight (or importance) to. upwell To well up; surge upwards. upwelling An upward movement from a lower source. Upwey A suburban village in Weymouth parish, Dorset, England, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY6684). upwheel To wheel upward. upwhirl To rise upward in a whirl. upwhirr To rise with a whirring sound. upwind Exposed to the wind. upwinding That winds upwards. upwing Holding the forewings together above the body. upwinged Having wings that stay in a raised position rather than folding down over the body. Upwood A surname. upwrap An anticline. upwreath To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke does. upwrench To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot. upwrought wrought-up upyield To yield up; to give or surrender. upz Exceptional or hardworking in a way that commands respect or makes oneself prominent; outstanding in terms of ability or character. upzone To rezone for more intensive use. upzoning A rezoning for more intensive use.