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upset, upsettin,
upset [ˈʌpsɛt]
n. A telling-off, rebuke, an altercation, quarrel. The price from which bidding must start at an auction. The act of setting up in business on one's own.
adj. Set up on end, placed vertically, protruding upwards, tilted up, elated, pleased. Haughty, presumptuously ambitious or aspiring, pushing oneself forward, giving oneself airs.
v. To set up, erect, put up or raise etc. To make good, make up or compensate for, offset, to get over.upsettin [-ɪn]
n. A telling-off, rebuke, an altercation, quarrel. The price from which bidding must start at an auction. The act of setting up in business on one's own.
adj. Set up on end, placed vertically, protruding upwards, tilted up, elated, pleased. Haughty, presumptuously ambitious or aspiring, pushing oneself forward, giving oneself airs.
v. To set up, erect, put up or raise etc. To make good, make up or compensate for, offset, to get over.upsettin [-ɪn]
From up + set.
oopsie_doopsie, oopsy_doopsy, upsie_dupsie, upsy_dupsy,
upsie dupsie [ˈʌpsɪ ˈdʌpsɪ]
int. Upsadaisy.
int. Upsadaisy.
uptak, uptaker, uptakker,
uptak [ʌpˈtak, ʌpˈtek]
n. The lifting or gathering of potatoes etc. The capacity for understanding, power of comprehension, intelligence. Dealings, involvement, relationship. I.Sh. Of weather: a change for the worse.
v. To pick, take or lift up, raise. To reprove, correct, cavil at. To understand, comprehend, take into the mind. To engross, occupy one's interest or attention. To strike up a tune, to lead the singing in church, act as precentor.
n. The lifting or gathering of potatoes etc. The capacity for understanding, power of comprehension, intelligence. Dealings, involvement, relationship. I.Sh. Of weather: a change for the worse.
v. To pick, take or lift up, raise. To reprove, correct, cavil at. To understand, comprehend, take into the mind. To engross, occupy one's interest or attention. To strike up a tune, to lead the singing in church, act as precentor.
Compounds and phrases etc.
uptakker: A money collector. A precentor.
From up + tak.
apward, upart, upwart, upwarts, upwi, upwith, upwuth,
upwart [ˈʌpwərt]
also upwith [ˈʌpwɪθ, ˈʌpwʌθ]
adj. Upward. Having an upward slope, uphill. Of prices etc.: rising.
adv. Upwards, in an upward direction, up there.
also upwith [ˈʌpwɪθ, ˈʌpwʌθ]
adj. Upward. Having an upward slope, uphill. Of prices etc.: rising.
adv. Upwards, in an upward direction, up there.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tae the upwith: In an upward direction.
From up + -wart.
Uranus,
Uranus [ˈ(j)ərənʌs]
n. The planet Uranus.
n. The planet Uranus.
Urchart, Urquhart,
Urchart [ˈʌrxərt, ˈorxət, NEC. orxθək]
pn. Urquhart (Moray).
pn. Urquhart (Moray).
ure,
ure [uːr]
n. A damp mist, drizzle or haze.
n. A damp mist, drizzle or haze.
urn,
urn [ʌrn]
n. An urn, a sepulchre.
n. An urn, a sepulchre.
huiter, uiter, urter,
urter [I.Ork. ˈʌrtər]
n. Bare pasture.
n. Bare pasture.
hooro, horro, huro, hurro, uru,
uru [ˈuru]
also huro [ˈhuro]
n. I.Sh. A commotion in the sea. A hubbub, an uproar.
also huro [ˈhuro]
n. I.Sh. A commotion in the sea. A hubbub, an uproar.