| upsarokas | <ethnology> See Crows. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| upset | Set up; fixed; determined; used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. "After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan." (Sir W. Scott) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| upshot | Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation. "I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot." (Shak) "We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence." (De Quincey) Origin: Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. The phrase to cast up an account. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| upsiloid | <anatomy> Resembling the Greek letter <UPSILON/ in form; hyoid. Origin: From <UPSILON/, the Greek letter called "upsilon". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| upsilon | 20th Letter in the Greek alphabet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upsitting | A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. "To invite your lady's upsitting." (Beau. & Fl) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| upstart | 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. 2. <botany> The meadow saffron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| upstream | <molecular biology> Refers to nucleotide sequences that precede the codons specifying the mRNA or that precede (are on the 5' side of) the protein coding sequence. Also used of the early events in any process that involves sequential reactions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| upstream activation site | A DNA sequence that regulates transcription like an enhancer but does notwork if its located downstream from a promoter. (09 Oct 1997) |
| modified sit-ups | There are several classic examples that will not put strain on your lower back: 1) lay on your back with your knees flexed and feet flat on the floor. 2) Raise your head and torso slightly off the floor with your fingers laced behind your head (abdominal crunch). (27 Sep 1997) |
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