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Ultimately :: Ultimately (adv.) As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings..

Ultimate :: Ultimate (a.) Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.

L :: L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus)..

Origenism :: Origenism (n.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved..

Ultime :: Ultime (a.) Ultimate; final.

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Destination :: Destination (n.) Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design..

Preantenultimate :: Preantenultimate (a.) Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult..

Through :: Through (adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through..

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the

Monism :: Monism (n.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

Antepenultimate :: Antepenultimate (n.) The antepenult.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen..

Atom :: Atom (n.) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..

Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..

Ultimation :: Ultimation (n.) State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum..

Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..

Karyokinesis :: Karyokinesis (n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell..

Propodite :: Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint..

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