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

List :: List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat..

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

Urostyle :: Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

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

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..

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

Term :: Term (n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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

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.

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..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

Uropygium :: Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose..

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

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

Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

Caecal :: Caecal (a.) Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

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

Pole :: Pole (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole..

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