upstairs
— Adverb
– English
~ with respect to the mind; "she's a bit weak upstairs"
upstairs
— Adjective
– English
~ on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"
upstanding
— Adjective
– English
~ meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community"
upstart
— Noun
– English
~ an arrogant or presumptuous person
upstart
— Noun
– English
~ a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
upstart
— Noun
– English
~ a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
upstart
— Adjective
– English
~ characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
upstate
— Adverb
– English
~ in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"
upstream
— Adverb
– English
~ toward the source or against the current
upstream
— Adjective
– English
~ in the direction against a stream's current
upstroke
— Noun
– English
~ a stroke normally made in an upward direction
upsurge
— Noun
– English
~ a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
re-uptake
— Noun
– English
~ a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"
radioactive iodine uptake test
— Noun
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~ radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland
uptake
— Noun
– English
~ the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
uptake
— Noun
– English
~ a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"
upthrow
— Noun
– English
~ (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
upthrust
— Noun
– English
~ (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
uptick
— Noun
– English
~ a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction