upshot, n. [event], [result], [issue], [outcome], [consequence].

upside down. inverted; [disordered], topsy-turvy.

upstart, n. parvenu, [snob], [mushroom].

up to snuff. (Slang) [knowing], acute, [sharp].

upward, a. ascending, acclivous (sloping upward).

urge, v. [egg], importune, exhort; impel, [force]; [incite], instigate, [goad].

urgency, n. [insistence], pressure; importunity; exigency, [stress], [necessity]; [incitement].

urgent, a. [pressing], [imperative], [insistent], exigent, importunate, [pertinacious], [imperious].

urine, n. [piss], emiction; stale (urine of horses and cattle). Associated words: uronology, urinal, urinate, urination, micturition, urethra, uric, uretic, uriniferous, enuresis, anuresis, diabetis, strangury, urolith, lateritious [sediment], uroscopy, urinary, urea, diuretic.

usage, n. treatment; [custom], [practice], [use].