upper limit
         n 1: the largest possible quantity [syn: {maximum}, {upper
               limit}] [ant: {lower limit}, {minimum}]
         2: the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something

English Dictionary: upper limit	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper-level adj at an elevated level in rank or importance; "a high-level official"; "a high-level corporate briefing"; "upper- level management" Synonym(s): high-level, high-ranking, upper-level
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper-lower-class adj occupying the upper part of the lower class
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of {Up}.       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.          {The upper hand}, the superiority; the advantage. See {To             have the upper hand}, under {Hand}. --Jowett (Thucyd.).          {Upper Bench} (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of             common law (formerly King's Bench) during the             Commonwealth.          {Upper case}, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.             See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3.          {Upper covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the coverts situated above             the bases of the tail quills.          {Upper deck} (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the             spar deck.          {Upper leather}, the leather for the vamps and quarters of             shoes.          {Upper strake} (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually             of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.          {Upper ten thousand}, [or] (abbreviated) {Upper ten}, the ten             thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or             wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]          {Upper topsail} (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.                      {Upper works} (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a             vessel that are properly above water.          {Upper world}.       (a) The atmosphere.       (b) Heaven.       (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the             {underworld}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uproll \Up*roll"\, v. t.       To roll up. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upwhirl \Up*whirl"\, v. t. & i.       To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling       motion.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Upper Lake, CA       Zip code(s): 95485
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Upper Layer Protocol          1. (ULP, or upper-layer protocol)       Any {protocol} residing in {OSI} layers five or above.          The {Internet} protocol suite includes many upper layer       protocols representing a wide variety of applications       e.g. {FTP}, {NFS}, {RPC}, and {SMTP}.   These and other network       applications use the services of {TCP/IP} and other {lower       layer protocols} to provide users with basic network services.          2. A protocol higher in the OSI reference model than the       current reference point.   Upper Layer Protocol is often used       to refer to the next-highest protocol in a particular       {protocol stack}.          (1999-02-17)