Nouns

• upper mantle — Noun – English ～ the upper part of the mantle
• upper hand — Noun – English ～ position of advantage and control
• Upper Carboniferous period — Noun – English ～ from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
• upper respiratory tract — Noun – English ～ the nose and throat and trachea
• Upper Tunguska — Noun – English ～ a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
• upper-case letter — Noun – English ～ one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
• Upper Egypt — Noun – English ～ one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
• Upper-Normandy — Noun – English ～ a division of Normandy
• Upper Avon — Noun – English ～ a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
• Upper Paleolithic — Noun – English ～ the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC
• Upper Peninsula — Noun – English ～ the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
• fixer-upper — Noun – English ～ a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
• uppercase — Noun – English ～ one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
• uppercut — Noun – English ～ a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
• uppishness — Noun – English ～ assumption of airs beyond one's station
• uppityness — Noun – English ～ assumption of airs beyond one's station
• UPPP — Noun – English ～ surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
• uppsala — Noun – English ～ a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
• upright — Noun – English ～ a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
• upright — Noun – English ～ a piano with a vertical sounding board

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