Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of extremity is as below...

Tip :: Tip (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear..

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..

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..

Succision :: Succise (a.) Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.

Fork :: Fork (n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork..

Throughout :: Throughout (prep.) Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house..

Chin :: Chin (n.) The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy

Outrance :: Outrance (n.) The utmost or last extremity.

Pileorhiza :: Pileorhiza (n.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..

Glans :: Glans (n.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris..

Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.

Epispadias :: Epispadias (n.) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity..

Uro- :: Uro- () A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity..

Base :: Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support..

Acrospore :: Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.

Bill :: Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Random Fonts

Most Popular