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Antonyms for apical
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ey-pi-kuh l, ap-i- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ pɪ kəl, ˈæp ɪ- |
- aboveboard
- awful
- bad
- below
- benevolent
- bland
- blunt
- boring
- bottom
- calm
- dreadful
- dull
- flat
- forthright
- frank
- honest
- horrible
- ignorant
- indefinite
- indistinct
- inferior
- kind
- lazy
- least
- low
- lower
- lowest
- mild
- minor
- moderate
- nice
- old-fashioned
- poor
- second-rate
- secondary
- slow
- smooth
- stupid
- submissive
- subordinate
- tasteless
- terrible
- trivial
- undefined
- unimportant
- unintelligent
- unstylish
Definition of apical
Origin :- "of or belonging to an apex," 1828, from Latin apicem, from apex (see apex) + -al (1).
- As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
- As in top : adj best, most important; highest
- As in uppermost : adj top
- As in highest : adj topmost
- As in tiptop : adj topmost
- As in gnawing : adj sharp
- As in knifelike : adj sharp
- As in lancinating : adj sharp
- As in loftiest : adj top
- As in stabbing : adj sharp
- As in topmost : adj top
- The coat of the inner ball is thin and papery, and opens by an apical mouth.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Apical: at, near or pertaining to the apex; usually of a wing.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- A small common central rod separates the two united pectoral feet from the two other spines (the caudal foot and the apical horn).
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Apical horn half as long as the shell and the three feet; all four spines straight, cylindrical, with thickened club-shaped end.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- But in the Eutympanida both rings exhibit one simple gate only, the apical and the basal rod of the sagittal ring being lost.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Ring half ovate or nearly triangular, with three curved edges and three prominent corners, one apical and two basal protuberances.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Apical horn short, pyramidal, three primary feet half as long as the shell and twice as long as the three secondary feet.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Apical horn and the three divergent feet of equal size, somewhat longer than the ring, slightly curved, in the distal half forked.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Apical horn and the six divergent feet twice to three times as long as the shell, bristle-shaped, irregularly curved and branched.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- The apical horn and the three parallel feet are of equal size and similar form, straight, conical, one-sixth as long as the shell.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
Synonyms for apical
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- best
- briery
- capital
- chief
- crack
- crown
- crowning
- culminating
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- dominant
- edged
- elite
- excellent
- fine
- finest
- first
- first-class
- first-rate
- five-star
- foremost
- gnawing
- greatest
- ground fine
- head
- highest
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- lead
- leading
- loftiest
- maximal
- maximum
- most
- most elevated
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- outside
- paramount
- peaked
- piercing
- poin
- pointed
- pointy
- preeminent
- prickly
- primary
- prime
- principal
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- ruling
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- sovereign
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- tiptop
- top
- top-drawer
- top-notch
- topmost
- unblunted
- upmost
- upper
- uppermost
- whetted
- zenithal
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