Ups and downs. (Colloq.) Successes and reverses, prosperity and adversity, good fortune and bad, various fortunes.

Upset, v. a.

    1. Overturn, capsize, tip over.
    2. Turn upside down, invert.
    3. Overthrow.
    4. Disconcert, discompose, throw off one’s centre, agitate, perturb, startle, fluster, shock, excite, bouleverser.
    5. Defeat, checkmate.

Upshot, n. Conclusion, end, termination, consummation, issue, event, result.

Upside down. Topsy-turvy, in confusion, in complete disorder.

Upstart, n. Snob, mushroom, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility, parvenu.

Upturned, a. Turned up, directed upward.

Upward, a.

    1. Ascending, uphill.
    2. Directed to a higher place.

Upwards of. Above, more than.

Uranglimmer, n. (Min.) Uranite.

Uranolite, n. Aerolite.

Uranology, n. Ouranography, uranography.

Urbane, a. Polite, civil, courteous, complaisant, refined, polished, elegant, well-bred, well-mannered, well-behaved.

Urbanity, n. Politeness, civility, courtesy, complaisance, amenity, suavity, good-breeding, good manners.

Urchin, n.

    1. Hedge-hog.
    2. (Ludicrous.) Child, brat.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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