English words: upper sixth to upsurge

300 English words, part 81 of 88 of the words starting with U, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words upper sixth to upsurge

upper sixth noun: Year 13, the second year of sixth form for 17 to 18 year olds, in which students sit A-levels.
upper storey noun /ˈʌpə(ɹ)ˈstɔːɹi/: A person's brain.
upper story adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of upper storey.
upper surgery noun: Synonym of top surgery.
upper ten noun: Synonym of upper ten thousand.
upper ten thousand noun: The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
Upper Voltaic adjective: From Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso).
Upper Voltan adjective, noun: From Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso).
Upper Voltese adjective: From Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso).
UpperCamelCase noun: Alternative letter-case form of upper camel case.
uppercard noun: 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...
uppercarder noun: A wrestler who performs in the uppercard
uppercase adjective, noun, verb: Written in upper case; capital.
uppercase letter noun: Alternative form of upper-case letter.
upperclassman noun: A junior or senior student in a school or college.
upperclassmanship noun: The position or condition of an upperclassman.
upperclassperson noun: An upperclassman of any gender.
upperclasswoman noun: A female upperclassman.
uppercruster noun: A member of the upper crust; a social elite.
uppercut noun, verb: A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
upperer noun: One who fits the uppers to shoes.
upperest adjective: Uppermost.
upperhand noun: Alternative form of upper hand.
uppermost adjective, adverb /ˈʌpəməʊst/: At or nearest the top of something.
upperpart noun: Any of the upper parts of a bird, including the mantle, back, rump and upper part of the tail coverts
uppers noun: plural of upper
uppersemilattice noun: The upper subset of a semilattice
upperside noun: Alternative form of upper side.
upperstocks noun: Short breeches.
uppertail noun: The dorsal part of the tail of a bird
uppertendom noun: The very highest social class; the upper ten.
upperwing noun: The upper part of a wing of a bird or butterfly
upperworks noun: superstructure
upperworld noun: Heaven.
uppest adjective: uppermost
uppety adjective: Alternative form of uppity.
uppies noun: Synonym of uppy (“the act of being held up”).
uppies and downies noun: A traditional ball game played in Workington, West Cumbria, England, with the object of "hailing the ball" (throwing it up in the air three times) at the...
uppile verb: To pile up; to heap up.
upping noun, verb /ˈʌpɪŋ/: The act of increasing something.
upping stone noun: A permanently emplaced stone block used to step up to a horse-drawn carriage to gain entry or exit from it
Uppingham proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8699).
Uppinghamian noun: A student or alumnus of Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
uppish adjective: Having plenty of money.
uppishly adverb: In an uppish manner, arrogantly, with an air of superiority.
uppishness noun: The state, or an instance, of being uppish.
uppitily adverb: In an uppity manner.
uppitiness noun: The state, or an instance, of being uppity.
uppity adjective /ˈʌpəti/: Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
uppityness noun: Alternative form of uppitiness.
Uppland proper noun: A historical province in central Sweden.
upplough verb: To plough up.
uppluck verb: To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
uppour verb: To pour upward.
uppowoc noun: tobacco
UPPP noun: Abbreviation of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
uppricked adjective: pricked up; upraised
upprop verb: To prop up.
Uppsala proper noun /ˈʊpsɑːlə/: A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.
uppush noun, verb: To push upward.
upput verb: To put up; to erect; to raise.
uppy adjective, noun /ˈʌ.pi/: Synonym of uppity.
upquiver verb: To quiver upward.
UPR noun: Initialism of Universal Periodic Review.
upraisal noun: The act of something being upraised.
upraise verb: To raise something up; to elevate.
upraised adjective, verb: Lifted, raised, held high.
upraiser noun: One who upraises something.
upraising noun, verb: A raising upward.
uprank verb: To raise or promote in rank.
uprate noun, verb /ʌpˈreɪt/: To give a higher rating to.
uprated adjective, verb: That has been given a higher rating
uprating noun, verb: The assignment of a higher rating.
upreach verb: To reach upward.
uprear verb /ʌpˈɹɪə(ɹ)/: To raise something up; to rise up; to erect
upregulatable adjective: That can be upregulated
upregulate verb: To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation
upregulation noun: The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors increases in order to increase sensitivity.
upregulative adjective: That upregulates
upregulator noun: A regulator that involves upregulation
upregulatory adjective: Relating to upregulation.
uprend verb: To tear up; to uproot.
uprendering noun: A yielding or rendering up.
uprest noun: uprising
upride verb: to ride up (all senses)
upridge verb: To raise up in ridges.
upridged adjective: raised up in ridges
upright adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈʌpɹaɪt/: Vertical; erect.
upright bass noun: A double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family)
upright bassist noun: A double bassist; someone who plays the upright bass (double bass).
upright bicycle noun: A bicycle.
upright freezer noun: A freezer that is vertical and has a front-facing door.
upright man noun: The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.
upright piano noun: A type of piano with vertically mounted strings.
upright yellow-sorrel noun: A low spreading plant with yellow flowers and clover-like leaves, Oxalis stricta.
uprighteous adjective: Righteous.
uprighteously adverb: in an uprighteous or just manner
uprighteousness noun: Quality of being uprighteous.
uprightish adjective: More or less upright.
uprightly adverb: In an upright manner.
uprightness noun /ˌʌpˈɹaɪtnəs/: The state of being honest, honourable, and moral.
uprights noun: Vertical (upright) posts of the goal.
uprip verb: To rip up; to tear apart.
uprisal noun: An uprising.
uprise noun, verb: To rise; to get up.
upriser noun: One who takes part in an uprising.
uprising noun, verb /ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/: A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
uprist noun: Uprising.
upriver adjective, adverb: Towards the source of a river.
uproar noun, verb /ˈʌpɹɔː/: Tumultuous, noisy excitement.
uproaring adjective, verb: uproarious
uproaringly adverb: In an uproaring manner.
uproarious adjective /ʌpˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əs/: Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
uproariously adverb /ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əsli/: In an uproarious manner.
uproariousness noun: Noisy riot or hilarity; uproar.
uproarish adjective: Characteristic of an uproar; turbulent or unruly; loud and uncontrollable.
uproarishly adverb: In an uproarish manner.
uproarishness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being uproarish.
uproll verb: To roll up.
uproot noun, verb /ˌʌpˈɹuːt/: To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
uprootable adjective: Able to be uprooted.
uprootal noun: The act or process of uprooting; the state of being uprooted.
uprooted adjective, verb: Having been fully removed, including the roots.
uprootedness noun: The quality of being uprooted.
uprooter noun: One who, or that which, uproots.
uprooting noun, verb: A tearing up.
uprouse verb: To rouse up; rouse from sleep; awake; arouse.
uprun verb: To run up; ascend.
uprush noun, verb /ˈʌpɹʌʃ/: An upwards rush.
uprushing adjective, noun, verb: That uprushes or rushes upward.
ups adjective, noun, verb /ʌps/: Initialism of uninterruptible power supply/source.
ups-a-daisy interjection: Alternative form of upsadaisy.
ups and downs noun: Periods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows.
upsadaisy interjection /ˈʌpsəˌdeɪzi/: An affectionate encouragement to a child who has fallen over or is being lifted up.
upsale noun: An act of upselling.
upsample verb: To increase the sampling rate of (a signal).
upsampler noun: A process or algorithm that upsamples.
upsampling noun, verb: An instance of something being upsampled.
upsara noun: Alternative form of apsara.
upscalability noun: The condition of being upscalable.
upscalable adjective: That can be upscaled
upscale adjective, verb /ˈʌpskeɪl/: Expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers.
upscaled adjective, verb: That has been scaled up.
upscaleness noun: The quality of being upscale.
upscaler noun: Someone or something which upscales.
upscaling noun, verb: The act by which something is upscaled; an increase in size or numbers.
upscan noun: An upward scan.
upscatter noun, verb: An upward scatter.
upscattered adjective: Subject to upscattering
upscattering noun: The increase in wavelength of radiation scattered by an electron
upscore noun, verb: An improved or higher score.
upscuddle noun: A quarrel; an argument.
upseal verb: To seal up.
upsection adverb: Towards the higher part of a section.
upsee preposition: After the fashion of; a la.
upsee-daisy interjection: Alternative form of upsadaisy.
upseek verb: To seek or strain upward.
upsell noun, verb: To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
upsend noun, verb: To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
UPSer noun: An employee of UPS.
upsert noun, verb: To insert rows into a database table if they do not already exist, or update them if they do.
upsertion noun: The act of upserting.
upset adjective, noun, verb /ʌpˈsɛt/: Angry, distressed, or unhappy
upset price noun: The lowest price at which an auction item may be sold.
upset stomach noun: A stomachache
upset the apple cart verb: Alternative form of upset the applecart.
upset the applecart verb: To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.
upset the natives verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upset, native.
upset the pot verb: To beat the favourite in a race.
upsetedness noun: Alternative spelling of upsettedness.
upsetly adverb: In an upset manner.
upsetment noun: The quality of being upset; emotional distress.
upsetness noun: The quality or degree of being emotionally upset.
upsett noun: Alternative form of upset.
upsettable adjective: Capable of being upset (overturned).
upsettably adverb: So as to be upsettable.
upsettal noun: The act of something being upset or overturned.
upsettedness noun: The state or condition of being upset; upsetness.
upsetter noun: One who upsets (something); a disrupter.
upsetterman noun: A worker who operates an upsetter (forging machine).
upsetti spaghetti adjective /ʌpˈsɛtispəˌɡɛti/: Upset; furious.
upsettin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of upsetting.
upsetting adjective, noun, verb: An overturning or disarrangement.
upsetting thermometer noun: A thermometer used by turning it upside-down. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at...
upsettingly adverb: In an upsetting manner.
upsettingness noun: The quality of being upsetting.
upsey preposition: Alternative form of upsee.
Upshaw proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Upshaw-Schulman syndrome noun: The recessively inherited form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
upsherin noun: In some Jewish cultures, a ceremony for a three-year-old boy's first haircut, or the haircut itself.
upshift noun, verb: A shift to a higher gear.
upshifter noun: A process, algorithm, etc. that shifts something to a higher level or frequency.
upshock noun: Any shock caused by a sudden increase (in temperature, pressure, etc.).
upshoot noun, verb /ʌpˈʃuːt/: To shoot upward.
upshore adjective, adverb: Higher up a shore (away from the shoreline)
upshorts noun: A voyeuristic image of the view up somebody's shorts.
upshot noun /ˈʌpʃɑt/: The final result, or outcome of something.
upshoved adjective: Pushed upward.
Upshur proper noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
upshut verb: To shut up; to close.
upsidaisy interjection: Alternative form of upsadaisy.
upside noun, preposition /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/: The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
upside down adjective, adverb /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/: Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.
upside-down cake noun: A fruit-based cake that is inverted after cooking.
upside-down catfish noun: Any of various freshwater catfish that swim upside-down, such as Synodontis decorus, Synodontis multipunctatus, and especially Synodontis nigriventris
upside-down fire noun: A long-burning wood fire that burns from the top to the bottom.
upside down fridge noun: A fridge-freezer with the freezer in the lower half.
upside-down income statement noun: A planned income statement laid out in the reverse of the usual order, i.e. starting with the bottom line and continuing with the figures that the business...
upside-down Jenny noun: Synonym of inverted Jenny.
upside-down tree noun: Synonym of African baobab.
upside the head adverb: Towards the top of the head.
upsidedown adjective: Alternative spelling of upside down.
upsides with adjective: even with; revenged upon
upsies noun: Synonym of party pills.
upsies and downsies noun: Synonym of ups and downs.
upsighted adjective: Having a defect in vision, produced by a contraction of the lower portion of the iris, that makes it difficult to see things below the level of one's eyes.
upsiloid adjective: Shaped like the Greek letter υ.
upsilon noun /ˈ(j)uːpsɪˌlɒn/: The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
upsilon meson noun: The upsilon particle
upsilon particle noun: Any of a number of bound states of a heavy quark and its antiquark, especially that formed from a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark.
upsitting noun: The first occasion in which a woman sits up to receive company after giving birth.
upsizable adjective: Able to be upsized.
upsize verb: To make larger or more numerous.
upsizer noun: One who, or that which, upsizes.
upsizing noun, verb: The act or process of something being upsized.
upskill verb: To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing).
upskiller noun: One who upskills.
upskip noun, verb: An upstart.
upskirt adjective, noun, verb /ˈʌpskəːt/: Designating a voyeuristic image of the view up a woman's skirt.
upskirter noun: A person who takes upskirt photographs or video footage.
upskirting noun: The covert, voyeuristic photographing of a woman's underwear up her skirt.
upslant noun, verb: An upward slant.
upslanting adjective, verb: slanting upward
upslope adjective, adverb, noun: an upward slope
upsloping adjective: sloping upwards
upsmanship noun: Only used in one-upsmanship
upsnatch verb: To seize or snatch up.
upsoar verb /ʌpˈsɔː(ɹ)/: To soar upward.
upsolve verb: To solve; explain.
Upson proper noun: A surname.
upsot adjective: Upset.
upspeak noun, verb /ʌpˈspiːk/: To speak up; advocate.
upspeaker noun: One who speaks up; an advocate.
upspear verb: To rise or point upward like spears.
upspeed verb: To speed up.
upspew verb: To vomit.
upsplash noun, verb: An upward splash; material splashed upwards.
upspout verb: To spout upward.
upspread verb: To spread upward.
upspring noun, verb /ʌpˈspɹɪŋ/: To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
upsprout verb: To sprout up.
upspurt noun, verb: An upward spurt.
UPSR proper noun: Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
upstack noun: The upper part of the stack.
upstaff verb: To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce.
upstaffing noun, verb: The process of increasing the workforce for a business or institution.
upstage adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒ/: The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
upstager noun: One who upstages.
upstaging noun, verb: A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
upstair adjective: upstairs
upstairs adjective, adverb, noun /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/: Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
upstairs-downstairs adjective: Involving or relating to divisions or relations between different social classes, especially domestic servants and their upper-class employers.
upstand adjective, noun, verb: To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
upstander noun: A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive.
upstanding adjective, verb /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/: Honest; reputable; respectable.
upstandingly adverb: In an upstanding manner
upstandingness noun: The quality of being upstanding (honest, reputable, respectable).
upstare verb: To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
upstart adjective, noun, verb /ˈʌp.stɑːt/: One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
upstartish adjective: Like an upstart.
upstartism noun: The behaviour or attitudes of an upstart.
upstartle verb: To cause to rise up in startlement.
upstartled adjective: Startled awake or into action.
upstartness noun: The quality of being an upstart.
upstat noun: A successful person who is making progress.
upstate adjective, adverb, noun /ˈʌp.steɪt/: The northern section of a state.
upstater noun: A person from upstate; usually specifically a person from upstate New York.
upstay verb: To sustain, support.
upsteal verb: To steal or creep upward.
upstep noun, verb: An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
upstir noun, verb: Commotion; disturbance, tumult.
upstirring noun, verb: disturbance; commotion
upstrain verb: To strain upward.
upstrap verb: To strap up
upstream adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ʌpˈstɹiːm/: In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
upstream loan noun: A loan made to a parent company by one of its subsidiaries.
upstreamer noun: A person who lives upstream.
upstreaming noun, verb: 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...
upstreamness noun: The condition of being upstream.
upstreamward adjective, adverb: In an upstream direction.
upstreamwards adjective, adverb: In an upstream direction.
upstreet adverb: Toward the higher part of a street.
upstretched adjective: Stretched upwards.
upstrike noun: A kind of early typewriter whose typebar falls back into position under gravity after typing each character, with the disadvantage that typed characters are...
upstrive verb: To strive upward.
upstroke noun /ˈʌpˌstɹoʊk/: The upward stroke of a pen, brush, piston, etc.
upstruck adjective: Protruding upwards.
upstyle adjective, noun: 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 noun, verb: To suck upward.
upsurge noun, verb: A sudden strong rise or flow.

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.