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   up quark
         n 1: a stable quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass
               607 times that of an electron

English Dictionary: upgrade by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upcurved
adj
  1. curving upward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upgrade
n
  1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
    Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
    Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
  2. software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
  3. a reservation that is improved; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full"
  4. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
    Synonym(s): upgrade, rise, rising slope
  5. hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
  6. the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components); "the power plant received a new upgrade"
v
  1. rate higher; raise in value or esteem
    Antonym(s): downgrade
  2. to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
  3. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
    Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
    Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
  4. get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
  5. give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upsurge
n
  1. a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge]
  2. a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
    Synonym(s): surge, upsurge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ubiquarian \U`bi*qua"ri*an\, a.
      Ubiquitous. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grade \Grade\, n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from
      gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.]
      1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
            relative position or standing; as, grades of military
            rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
  
                     They also appointed and removed, at their own
                     pleasure, teachers of every grade.      --Buckle.
  
      2. In a railroad or highway:
            (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
                  from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
                  stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
                  or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
                  grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
                  264.
            (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
                  road; a gradient.
  
      3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
            with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
            three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
            grade.
  
      {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
            railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
            on the same level at the point of crossing.
  
      {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
  
      {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
  
      {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}.
  
      {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upcheer \Up*cheer"\, v. t.
      To cheer up. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upcurl \Up*curl"\, v. t.
      To curl up. [R.] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upgrow \Up*grow"\, v. i.
      To grow up. [R.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upgrowth \Up"growth`\, n.
      The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
  
               The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. --J. R.
                                                                              Green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upokororo \U`po*ko*ro"ro\, n. [From the native Maori name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes
      oxyrhynchus}) of the family {Haplochitonid[91]}. In general
      appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake
      whitefishes and trout. Called also {grayling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upsarokas \Up`sar*o"kas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
      See {Crows}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crows \Crows\ (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. {Crow}. (Ethnol.)
      A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; --
      also called {Upsarokas}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upsoar \Up*soar"\, v. i.
      To soar or mount up. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upswarm \Up*swarm"\, v. i. & i.
      To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] --Shak.
      Cowper.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Upshur County, TX (county, FIPS 459)
      Location: 32.73495 N, 94.94139 W
      Population (1990): 31370 (12887 housing units)
      Area: 1522.2 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water)
   Upshur County, WV (county, FIPS 97)
      Location: 38.90060 N, 80.23182 W
      Population (1990): 22867 (9506 housing units)
      Area: 918.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   upgradability
  
      (Or "upgradeability") How easily {upgrades} to a
      system can be produced and applied.   E.g. "Buying a PC with
      more {PCI} slots gives you increased upgradeability."
  
      (1999-10-11)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   upgrade
  
      1. A new or better version of some {hardware} or {software}.
  
      Often used in {marketroid}-speak to mean "{bug fix}".
  
      2. The act of developing or installing a new version.
  
      (1995-03-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   upgradeability
  
      {upgradability}
  
  
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