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Ovate-subulate :: Ovate-subulate (a.) Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity..

Resection :: Resection (n.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation..

Foot :: Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed..

Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter..

Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..

Cashew :: Cashew (n.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long..

Corner :: Corner (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part..

Acromion :: Acromion (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

End :: End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part..

Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground..

Amphistomous :: Amphistomous (a.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere..

Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity..

Fistularia :: Fistularia (n.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity..

Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary..

Posterior :: Posterior (a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.

Lift :: Lift (n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Utterance :: Utterance (n.) The last extremity; the end; death; outrance.

Xiphisternum :: Xiphisternum (n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process..

Subovated :: Subovate (a.) Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate..

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