Noun, : His election to the presidency was the apex of his career. From Dictionary.com.
Spiders (Cyclops sp.) can smother young growing apices. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
Usually hairy underneath, bases rounded or heart-shaped, apices narrow. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The archegonial groups occupy the apices of short branches (fig. 13, A.). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
A post mortem showed plainly that both apices of the lungs had been diseased. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.] Reference
Expanse: the distance between the apices or other widest point of the wings when fully spread. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Instruments having very narrow apices are liable to enter these ducts and to make false passages. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The tubercles are angular at the base, and bear tufts of yellowish spines on their pointed apices. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
B, apices, or papillæ, of the pyramids, surrounded by subdivisions of the pelvis known as cups or calices. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
They were of 3 cu.yd. capacity and were split longitudinally, the two halves being pinned at the apices of the ends. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158] Reference
But the apices of both lungs would be wounded if the same instrument entered deeply on either side of this median line at K K. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Stem flattened, jointed; joints short; flowers from the apices of the joints; calyx tube short; petals irregular, almost bilabiate. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Here were seven cities, forming the apices of a great heptagon; and at the very center was Festival Field, where drones took place. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
These springs are made by twisting steel or iron wire into the form of an hour glass, that is, like two cones united at their apices. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827] Reference
Distichous: applied to antennae when lateral processes originate at the apices of the joints and bend forward at acute angles to them. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The eastern side consists of four bays, divided by buttresses, and surmounted by pointed gables, with ornamental crosses on the apices. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
The small, brown, glistening three-angled seeds, which have a little white hilum near their apices, retain their viability three years. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
In Chartres Cathedral the apices of two Equilateral. From Wordnik.com. [Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall] Reference
My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Poets : with Other Papers] Reference
My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass] Reference
If this triangle is broken at any of the apices, it will collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Stereophile RSS Feed] Reference
The itching is intense, and in consequence their apices are excoriated. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
STM and WUS domains were practically identical to those in transition apices. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Archegonia are found and embedded in the surface of the dorsal, behind the apices. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The apices of the triangle represent a rock made up of only one of the three minerals. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
Archegonia are found and embedded in the surface of the dorsal, this isb ehind the apices. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The beautiful shape of the head is actually a single branch of a cross whose apices curl into. From Wordnik.com. [Popular in the last 8 hours] Reference
Their manner of growth now changes, and their outer sides, instead of their apices, continue to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Insectivorous Plants] Reference
He then speaks of the apices crucis as belonging to the cross in general, not Christ's in particular. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement.] Reference
When distinct, the paraphyses are sometimes branched, most commonly toward their apices (Fig. 1 and 12). From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V] Reference
In contrast to both hyd1 ein2 and ein2 ein2 shoot apices show relatively high levels of CYC1At:: CDB:: GUS. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It will be seen that the curves obtained by joining the apices of the successive single responses are very similar. From Wordnik.com. [Response in the Living and Non-Living] Reference
Marrákesh respectively, -- which form the apices of two well-known triangular districts, the contiguous bases of which form part of the. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond] Reference
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