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Extremity

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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Broader term 4

Adversity 76% connected

Opposition; contrariety.

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Hardship 76% connected

That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Narrower term 24

Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Chela 76% connected

The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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Chelicera 76% connected

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers o…

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Claw 76% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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Dactyl 76% connected

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6cifu…

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Digit 76% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Extreme 76% connected

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

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Fang 76% connected

To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

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Fin 76% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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Finger 76% connected

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Limb 76% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Manus 76% connected

of Manus

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Mitt 76% connected

A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.

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Nipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, nips.

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Parapodium 76% connected

One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.

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Paw 76% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Pleopod 76% connected

One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

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Swimmeret 76% connected

One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They ar…

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Toe 76% connected

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

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Extreme 74% connected

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

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Extreme 74% connected

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

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Containing whole 1

Limb 70% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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Synonym 2

Appendage 92% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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Member 92% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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