upper
— Noun
– English
~ piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles"
upper cannon
— Noun
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~ cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm
upper bound
— Noun
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~ (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
upper crust
— Noun
– English
~ the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
upper jawbone
— Noun
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~ the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
upper class
— Noun
– English
~ the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
upper limit
— Noun
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~ the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
Upper Tunguska
— Noun
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~ 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