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apical
adjective as in gnawing
adjective as in highest
adjective as in knifelike
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
adjective as in lancinating
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
adjective as in loftiest
Strongest matches
adjective as in stabbing
Strong matches
adjective as in top
Strong matches
adjective as in topmost
adjective as in uppermost
Weak matches
- culminating
- highest
- loftiest
- most elevated
- topmost
- upmost
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Example Sentences
When a piece of the stem of Bryophyllum is cut off and its leaves are removed, the two apical buds will grow out first.
Rotation of the distal phalanx necessitates a descent of its apical portion and there occurs a "dropped sole."
In some of the Coleoptera I have found auditory rods in the apical segments, though this is by no means a common occurrence.
At the anterior end of the preoral lobe is a nervous thickening of the ectoderm called 226 the apical plate .
Fertile receptacle peduncled from an apical sinus of the thallus, radiately lobed.
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On this page you'll find 391 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to apical, such as: acuminate, barbed, edged, fine, honed, and horned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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