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upper bound
Upper Canada
Upper Carboniferous
upper chamber
upper circle
upper class
upper crust
upper hand
upper house
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Upper Peninsula
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upper house
up·per house


noun 
Definition:
 
smaller legislative branch: the house in a two-house legislature that is smaller and less representative of the general population, e.g. the U.S. Senate
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