English words: Updikian to upper side

300 English words, part 80 of 88 of the words starting with U, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words Updikian to upper side

Updikian adjective: Alternative form of Updikean.
updip adjective, adverb: upward along a dip
updive verb /ʌpˈdaɪv/: To spring upward; to rise
updo noun: A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck.
updog noun: A yoga pose in which the practitioner lies prone with the torso erect, supported by the arms, and the head tilted back.
updome verb: To bulge upwards in a dome shape.
updoming noun, verb: A bulging upwards in a dome shape.
updoot noun, verb /ˈʌp(ˌ)dut/: An upvote.
updooterino noun: An upvote.
updraft noun: an upward current of air, especially a strong one
updrag verb: To drag up.
updrainage adjective: Upstream in the direction of drainage.
updraught noun: Alternative spelling of updraft.
updraw noun, verb: To draw up
updrift adverb, noun: A rising (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language.
updry verb: To dry up.
Updyke proper noun: A surname: alternative spelling of Updike.
upend verb /ʌpˈɛnd/: To end up; to set on end.
upender noun: One who upends something.
upending noun, verb: An act of overthrowing or turning over.
Upendra proper noun: A surname from Sanskrit.
upexpression noun: The greater than normal expression of a protein.
upeygan noun: A borele or two-horned black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
UPF noun: Initialism of ultraprocessed food.
upface adjective, adverb, noun, verb: The face that is oriented upwards.
upfaced adjective, verb: Having an upface.
upfault noun, verb: A horst (area raised relative to surrounding land).
upfield adjective, adverb: Towards the upper part of a field.
upfill verb: To fill up.
upfilling noun, verb: A rock formation that fills the lower part of a hollow or valley.
upfit verb: To customize (a product, especially a vehicle) by adding extra features.
upfitter noun: A person or organisation that upfits or upgrades something.
upflame verb: To blaze or shine brightly.
upflare noun, verb: To flare upward.
upflash verb: To flash upward; to rise or surface very rapidly.
upflicker verb: To flicker upward.
upflight noun: upward flight, typically of an insect
upfling verb: To fling upward.
upfloat verb: To float upward.
upflood noun, verb: To flood upward.
upfloor noun: An upper storey, especially a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
upflow noun, verb /ʌpˈfləʊ/: To flow or stream upwards.
upflower verb: To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
upflung adjective: Flung or thrown up.
upflux noun: an upward flux
upfly verb: To fly upward.
upfold noun, verb: To fold up.
upfolding noun, verb: A folding upward.
upforce noun: Any force that acts upwards.
upfront adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ʌpˈfɹʌnt/: Honest, frank and straightforward.
upfrontness noun: The quality of being upfront.
upful adjective: optimistic; uplifting; positive
upfurl verb: To furl upward.
UPG noun: Initialism of unverified or unsubstantiated personal gnosis; in neopagan communities, beliefs and knowledge derived from the subjective experiences,...
upgang noun: The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
upgather verb /ʌpˈɡæðə(ɹ)/: To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
upgauge verb: To replace an aircraft with a larger one of a similar type.
upgaze noun, verb: The act of looking upward.
upgear verb: To shift to a higher gear
upgird verb: To support or hold up.
upgive verb: To give up or yield up.
upglance noun, verb: An upwards glance.
upglide noun: An upward glide.
upgliding adjective: Having an upglide.
UPGMA noun: Initialism of Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean.
upgo verb: to go up
upgoing adjective, noun, verb: Trending positive.
upgradability noun: Capability of being improved in functionality by the addition or replacement of components.
upgradable adjective, noun: Having the capacity to undergo an upgrade.
upgradation noun: Upgrade; upgrading.
upgrade adverb, noun, verb /ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/: An upward grade or slope.
upgradeability noun: Alternative spelling of upgradability.
upgradeable adjective: Alternative form of upgradable.
upgraded adjective, verb: Having had an upgrade; having been improved or enhanced.
upgrader noun: One who, or that which, upgrades.
upgradient adjective, adverb: A position up along a gradient from a starting position.
upgrading noun, verb /ʌpˈɡreɪ.dɪŋ/: The process by which something is upgraded.
upgrow verb /ʌpˈɡɹəʊ/: To grow up
upgrowing noun, verb: The process of growth or maturation; growing up
upgrowth noun: The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upgun verb: Alternative form of up-gun.
upgush noun, verb: A gushing upward.
upgushing noun, verb: That which gushes upward.
Uphall proper noun /ˈʌphɔːl/: A village in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0571).
Upham proper noun: A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
uphand adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands
uphanded adjective, verb: With hands held up or characterised by raising of hands.
uphang verb /ʌpˈhæŋ/: To hang up.
upharrow verb: To tear up.
uphaul verb: To haul upwards.
upheap verb: To pile or heap up; accumulate.
upheaping noun: Ascension; addition to full measure, accumulation.
uphearted adjective: Optimistic; positive in mood or spirit; cheerful.
upheaval noun /ʌpˈhiːvəl/: The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
upheavalism noun: The practice or policy of social or political upheaval.
upheavalist noun: A proponent of upheavalism.
upheave verb: To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
upheavement noun: Synonym of upheaval.
upheaver noun: One who upheaves.
upheaving noun, verb: upheaval
uphelm verb: To put the helm to windward.
upher noun: a wooden pole used as scaffolding
uphill adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ʌpˈhɪl/: Up a slope, towards higher ground.
uphill and downdale adverb: Alternative form of up hill and down dale.
uphill battle noun: A highly difficult task or problem that requires a great amount of effort and determination.
uphill climb noun: Synonym of uphill battle.
uphiller noun: A person traveling uphill.
uphillward adjective, adverb: Heading uphill.
uphoard verb: To hoard up.
Uphoff proper noun: A surname.
uphoist verb: To hoist up.
uphold verb /ˌʌpˈhəʊld/: To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
upholdable adjective: Capable of being upheld.
upholdatory adjective /ʌpˈhəʊldətə̆ɹɪ/: upholding, supporting, sustaining (without verbal force)
upholder noun: Someone who upholds something.
upholding noun, verb: The act by which something is upheld.
upholdster noun: Alternative form of upholster (noun).
uphole adjective: Within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole.
Upholland proper noun /ʌpˈhɒlənd/: A village and civil parish (spelt Up Holland) in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5205).
upholster noun, verb /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/: To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
upholsterable adjective: Able to be upholstered.
upholstered adjective, verb: Covered in or characterized by upholstery.
upholsterer noun /ʌpˈhəʊl.stəɹ.ə/: One who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.
upholsterer bee noun: poppy bee
upholsteress noun: Alternative form of upholstress.
upholstering noun, verb: The padding, springs, webbing, and covers found on furniture.
upholsterous adjective: Of or relating to upholstery.
upholstery noun /ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹi/: The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
upholstress noun: A female upholsterer.
uphroe noun: Alternative form of euphroe.
uphurl verb: To hurl or cast up.
UPI noun: Initialism of user profile information.
Upington proper noun: A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
UPite noun: A person from Uttar Pradesh, India.
upjerk noun: An upward jerk.
upjet verb: To jet upward.
UPJO noun: Acronym of ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
Upjohn proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
upjumped adjective: Synonym of jumped-up.
upkeep noun, verb /ˈʌpkip/: Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
upkick noun: A kick in an upwards direction performed while on the floor
upkindle verb: To kindle upward.
upknit verb: To knit together; to unite.
UPL noun: Initialism of unauthorized practice of law.
upla noun: Alternative form of oopla.
upladder adverb: Up a ladder.
upland adjective, noun /ˈʌplənd/: The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
upland antshrike noun: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus aroyae.
upland boneset noun: Eupatorium sessilifolium, a species of sunflower-family plant found in the United States.
upland goose noun: A species of sheldgoose, Chloephaga picta, found in temperate grasslands.
upland moa noun: A large, extinct species of moa, Megalapteryx didinus.
upland plover noun: The upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, a bird native to the Americas.
upland sandpiper noun: A small wader, Bartramia longicauda, breeding in North America and wintering in South America.
uplander noun: A person from the uplands.
uplandish adjective: Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.
uplay verb /ʌpˈleɪ/: To lay up; hoard.
uplead noun, verb /ˈʌpliːd/: The line or lines connecting the output of a transmitter to its antenna.
uplean verb: To lean or incline upward; to cause (something) to lean upward.
upleap verb: To leap up; spring up.
upleg noun: A replacement property in the 1031 exchange.
uplevel adjective, adverb, verb: Having greater capabilities or a higher version number.
uplevels adverb, noun, verb: From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building.
uplift noun, verb /ʌpˈlɪft/: To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
upliftable adjective: Able to be uplifted.
uplifted adjective, verb: Lifted upwards, raised.
upliftedly adverb: In an uplifted manner.
upliftedness noun: The quality of being uplifted.
uplifter noun: One who, or that which, uplifts.
uplifting adjective, noun: Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness.
upliftingly adverb: In an uplifting manner.
upliftingness noun: The quality of being uplifting.
upliftment noun: Lifting up; elevation or promotion.
uplight noun, verb: A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
uplighter noun: Synonym of uplight.
uplighting noun, verb: Lighting concentrated in an upward direction.
upline adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of up line.
uplink noun, verb: 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 verb: To move further up a list (especially in terms of less endangered animals that become more endangered).
uplisted adjective, verb: Placed higher in a list
uplisting noun, verb: The placing of something higher on a list.
upload noun, verb /ˌʌpˈləʊd/: To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
uploadability noun: The property of being uploadable.
uploadable adjective, noun: Capable of being uploaded.
uploaded adjective, verb: Having been uploaded; having been digitally sent from one's computer to someone else's.
uploader noun: Someone who uploads files.
uploading noun, verb /ˈʌpˌloʊdɪŋ/: The process by which something is uploaded.
uplock noun, verb: A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.
uplong preposition: Along in an upward direction.
uplook verb: To look upward.
uplooker noun: One who gazes upward.
uploom verb: To loom upward.
uplying adjective: Of land: higher than nearby areas.
upma noun: An Indian porridge of dry roasted semolina or coarse rice flour, often with vegetables and seasonings.
upmake verb: To make up.
upmaker noun: A person employed to make up galley proofs in page mode.
upmaking noun, verb: 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 noun: A player of the return team at kickoff
upmanship noun: Only used in one-upmanship
upmarket adjective, adverb, verb: Designed for customers with a high income.
upmarketness noun: The state or quality of being upmarket.
upmass noun: The payload mass carried up to orbit from Earth.
upmethylate verb: To methylate (a gene) more than usually
Upminster proper noun /ʌpmɪnstə/: A town in the borough of Havering, on the eastern edge of Greater London, England, originally in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5686).
upmix verb: To demix a downmixed track and increase the number of channels: convert mono into stereo, or stereo into surround sound, etc.
upmodulate verb: To modulate to a higher level.
upmodulation noun: modulation to a higher level
upmost adjective /ˈʌpmoʊst/: Uppermost.
upmount verb: To mount.
upmountain adverb: Higher up a mountain.
upmove verb: To move upward.
upness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being up
upo noun, preposition: Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit.
upogebiid noun: Any member of the Upogebiidae.
upokororo noun: A New Zealand fish, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus in the family Haplochitonidae, rather like a trout.
Upolu proper noun: An island of Samoa.
upon preposition /əˈpɒn/: alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.
upon a sixpence prepositional phrase: Synonym of on a sixpence.
upon a stound prepositional phrase: in a moment
upon a sudden prepositional phrase: all of a sudden; suddenly
upon a time prepositional phrase: At a certain time; at a particular time.
upon 'Change adverb: Alternative form of on 'Change.
upon my sivvy prepositional phrase: Upon my soul or honour; used to underline the truth of what one is saying.
upon my soul phrase: Expressing astonishment or sincerity.
upon my word interjection: Believe my words; I swear.
upon one's legs prepositional phrase: Synonym of on one's legs (“in an independent position”).
upon one's speed prepositional phrase: At speed; moving rapidly.
upon pain of preposition: Synonym of on pain of.
upon reflection prepositional phrase: Alternative form of on reflection.
upon the back of prepositional phrase: Synonym of on the back of (“by the effort of; by drawing an unfair advantage from”).
upon the books prepositional phrase: Synonym of on the books.
upon the by prepositional phrase: by the by; incidentally
upon the carpet prepositional phrase: Alternative form of on the carpet.
upon the heels of preposition: Alternative form of on the heels of.
upon the instant adverb: Immediately, right away.
upon the matter prepositional phrase: Alternative form of upon the whole matter.
upon the pad phrase: Alternative form of on the pad.
upon the point of preposition: Alternative form of on the point of.
upon the square prepositional phrase: Synonym of on the square.
upon the strength of preposition: Synonym of on the strength of.
upon the tapis prepositional phrase: Under discussion or consideration.
upon the whole adverb: Dated form of on the whole.
upon the wing prepositional phrase: Alternative form of on the wing.
uposatha noun: A regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation
Upp proper noun: A surname.
Uppal proper noun: A surname.
uppedy adjective: Alternative form of uppity.
uppent adjective: pent up, confined
upper adjective, noun, verb /ˈʌpə/: At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
upper airway noun: The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx.
upper airway cough syndrome noun: Synonym of post-nasal drip.
upper arm noun: The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.
upper atmosphere noun: The mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
Upper Bauko noun: A group of barangays in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines.
upper body noun: The upper part of the body, usually upwards of the waist.
upper body day noun: A day dedicated to exercising one's upper body.
upper bound noun: A value that is greater than or equal to every element of a given set of values.
upper boundary noun: The most ancient time encompassed by a given period of time.
upper camel case noun: The practice of writing identifiers by concatenating multiple component words, each of which is capitalized.
Upper Canadian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Upper Canada.
upper case adjective, noun: The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
upper case letter noun: Alternative form of upper-case letter.
upper chamber noun: The upper legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower chamber.
upper circle noun: the gods
upper class adjective, noun /ˌʌpəˈklɑːs/: A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.
upper-class twit noun: Synonym of chinless wonder.
upper-classness noun: The state or quality of being upper-class.
upper concave envelope noun: Synonym of concave envelope.
upper crust adjective, noun: The social elite, the highest social class.
upper-cruster noun: A member of the social elite, the highest social class.
upper-crusty adjective: Of or resembling the upper crust.
upper cut noun: Alternative spelling of uppercut.
upper deck noun, verb: The topmost full-length deck of a ship.
upper decker noun: The prank of defecating in the cistern of a toilet, so that flushing the toilet brings in dirty water instead of clean.
upper decky noun: Synonym of lip pillow.
upper-division adjective: Of a college or university: requiring applicants to have already completed two years of undergraduate study at another institution.
Upper Egyptian adjective: Of or pertaining to Upper Egypt.
upper esophageal sphincter noun: The sphincter situated at the upper part of the esophagus.
upper garment noun: A piece of clothing that covers at least the chest of a human being and is worn as the top layer, for example a shirt or sweater.
Upper German adjective, noun: One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South...
upper hand noun: Advantage or control.
upper house noun: The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.
upper jaw noun: Synonym of maxilla.
upper joint noun: The top section of the instrument body where the left hand is placed to operate keys and tone holes.
upper leaf zone noun: That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from an apical meristem.
upper limit noun: Synonym of limit superior
upper lip noun: Synonym of labium superius oris.
upper mantle noun: The layer of Earth's interior located beneath the crust and extending to a depth of 410 kilometers.
upper-medium adjective: Slightly above medium.
upper memory area noun: The area of memory between 640 kB and 1 MB in an IBM-compatible PC.
upper middle class noun: A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class.
upper mordent noun: Synonym of inverted mordent.
upper quartile noun: The median of the upper or highest half of a data set, especially of a sample, population, or probability distribution.
upper reaches noun: The highest or most northerly extremes of something.
Upper Republican noun: A member of a distinct culture of Native Americans along the upper Republican River.
upper respiratory tract noun: The part of the respiratory tract consisting of the nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.
upper school noun: A school found within secondary education.
upper semi-continuous adjective: Such that, for each fixed number, the subspace of points whose images are at least that number is closed.
upper semicontinuous adjective: Alternative spelling of upper semi-continuous.
upper set noun: A subset of a poset which contains any ascending chain which starts at any element of itself.
upper side noun: The uppermost side of anything

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under U: 26,317 words, in 88 parts.