upper
Webster Dictionary
being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature
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uppertendom
Webster Dictionary
the highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper
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serratus posterior superior
(serratus posterior superior)
Princeton's WordNet
a thin quadrilateral muscle of the upper and dorsal part of the thorax; acts to elevate the upper ribs
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chattering class
(ˈtʃæt ərˌbɒks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
well-educated members of the upper-middle or upper class who readily opine on current issues.
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sky
(ɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the region of the clouds or the upper air; upper atmosphere of the earth.
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fox
Webster Dictionary
to repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of
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labrum
Webster Dictionary
an organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera
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cramp
Webster Dictionary
a piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape
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gula
Webster Dictionary
the upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat
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top
Webster Dictionary
the highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground
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heterocercal
(heterocercal)
Princeton's WordNet
possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe
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maxillary
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only
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enmanche
Webster Dictionary
resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides
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tongue
Webster Dictionary
a short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces
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grivet
Webster Dictionary
a monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota
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pig-jawed
Webster Dictionary
having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs
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gunwale
Webster Dictionary
the upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull
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flytrap
Webster Dictionary
a plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves
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diagonal
(diagonal)
Princeton's WordNet
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
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sperm whale
Webster Dictionary
a very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale
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quadrant
Webster Dictionary
one of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant
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bitthead
(bitthead)
Princeton's WordNet
the upper end of a bitt
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maxillary
(maxillary)
Princeton's WordNet
of or relating to the upper jaw
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top
(top)
Princeton's WordNet
the upper part of anything
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armband
(armband)
Princeton's WordNet
a band worn around the upper arm
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upstairs
(upstairs, upstair)
Princeton's WordNet
on or of upper floors of a building
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upstair
(upstairs, upstair)
Princeton's WordNet
on or of upper floors of a building
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uptown
(uptown)
Princeton's WordNet
toward or in the upper part of town
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second joint
(second joint, thigh)
Princeton's WordNet
the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
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cap
(ceiling, roof, cap)
Princeton's WordNet
an upper limit on what is allowed
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