Word Finder - apices

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Conical priest cap

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The highest or the greatest point of something.

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the apex of the building

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The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.

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the apex of civilization

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The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).

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The "pointed" fine end of something.

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The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.

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The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

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The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

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The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

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A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.

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A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.

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A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".

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The top of the food chain

Some amongst them (Tergipes, Eolis) are also remarkable for possessing peculiarly modified cells placed in sacs (cnidosacs) at the apices of these same papillae, which resemble the " thread-cells " of the Coelentera.

These prisms may be combined with concave lenses, which correct the myopia, or, since a concave lens may be considered as composed of two prisms united at their apices, the same effect may be obtained by making the distance between the centres of the concave lenses greater than that between the centres of the pupils.

Grew says that "when the attire or apices break or open, the globules or dust falls down on the seedcase or uterus, and touches it with a prolific virtue."

He states that the germ is never to be seen in the seed till the apices (anthers) shed their dust; and that if the stamina be cut out before the apices open, the seed will either not ripen, or be barren if it ripens.

In these instances most of the flowers were abortive, but a few were fertile, which he attributes to the dust of the apices having been wafted by the wind from other plants.

Fichte's " Wissenschaftslehre," he said, is a completely untenable system, and a metaphysics of fruitless apices, in which he disclaimed any participation; his own Kritik he refused to regard as a propaedeutic to be construed by the Fichtian or any other standpoint, declaring that it is to be understood according to the letter; and he went so far as to assert that his own critical philosophy is so satisfactory to the reason, theoretical and practical, as to be incapable of improvement, and for all future ages indispensable for the highest ends of humanity.

The beautiful reddish-brown shining cones, roundly ovate in shape, with pyramidal scale apices, have been prized from the ancient days of Rome for their edible nut-like seeds, which are still used as an article of food or dessert.

In their direction they are erect or reflexed (with their apices downwards), spreading outwards (divergent or patulous), or arched inwards (connivent).

This union generally takes place at the base, and extends more or less towards the apex; in Phyteuma the petals are united at their apices also.

In some polypetalous corollas, as that of the vine, the petals are separate at the base and adhere by the apices.

The thorax must be percussed, and lung apices and the axillae auscultated.

The perception of the changes, or, in other words, the reception of the stimulus, is associated for example, with the tips of roots and the apices of stems. The first recognition of a specially receptive part was made by Charles Darwin, who identified the perception of stimulation with the tip of the young growing root.

The Eolid-like Nudibranchs, amongst other specialities of structure, possess (in some cases at any rate) apertures at the apices of the " cerata " or dorsal papillae, which lead from the exterior into the hepatic caeca.

Sepals are generally of a more or less oval, elliptical or oblong form, with their apices either blunt or acute.