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Answer for the clue "At the top ", 6 letters:
apical
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of or belonging to an apex," 1828, from Latin apicem , from apex (see apex ) + -al (1).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apical \Ap"ic*al\, a. [L. apex, apicis, tip or summit.] At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. --Gray. [1913 Webster] ||
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Apical may refer to: Apical ancestor , refers to the last common ancestor of an entire group, such as a species (biology) or a clan (anthropology) Apical (anatomy) , an anatomical term of location for features located opposite the base of an organism or ...
Usage examples of apical.
Without entering into details it may be mentioned that in the mosses it proceeds both in the archegonium and antheridium by the segmentation of an apical cell, while this is not the case in the liverworts.
And yet even that apical absurdity had become so much a part of the fantastic picture that he no longer questioned it.
No major-sport player had ever even orbited in close enough to hear the elisions and apical lapses of a mid-Southern accent in her oddly flat but resonant voice that sounded like someone enunciating very carefully inside a soundproof enclosure.