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Definition: Extremity |
ExtremityNoun1. An external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm". 2. An extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease). 3. The greatest or utmost degree: "the extremity of despair". 4. The outermost or farthest region or point. 5. That part of a limb that is farthest from the torso. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "extremity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A limb; an arm or leg (membrum); sometimes applied specifically to a hand or foot. (references) |
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Synonyms: ExtremitySynonyms: appendage (n), member (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Losing game; falling; Verb: fall, downfall; ruination, ruinousness; undoing; extremity; ruin; (destruction). |
Danger | Tottering; unstable, unsteady; shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged; helpless, guideless; in a bad way; reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity; trembling in the balance; nodding to its fall; (destruction). threatening; ominous, illomened; alarming; (fear); explosive. |
Difficulty | Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out. |
End | Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard. |
Pain | Unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation; despair; extremity, prostration, depth of misery. |
Resolution | Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake). |
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 | Fuca Pillar at Cape Flattery, the northwest extremity of the Olympic Peninsula. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | [Lower extremity amputation and compound fractures]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | At the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, during the later 1860s. Old Fort Severn is in the center background, with the Naval Academy gas house behind it. The Midshipmen's wash house is on the pier at right. The larger buildings in the right distance are the extremity of the wing known as "Old Quarters". Cannon on the extreme right are part of a gun park. Credit: NAVY. |  | The upper engraving depicts the U.S. Potomac Flotilla in the Potomac between Freestone Point, Va., and Indian Head, Md., to prevent the passage of Confederates from Virginia to Maryland. Features seen include (from left to right): Tugboat Murray; USS Jacob Bell; Indian Head, Maryland; USS Yankee; USS Penguin; USS Satellite; USS Seminole; Confederate battery at Freestone Point; and the mouth of the Occoquan River. The lower engraving depicts a scene in Falls Village, Virginia, which was occupied by Federal troops. It shows Taylor's Tavern and the northern extremity of the town. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Polk in his extremity. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany hereby agrees to renounce in favour of the Czecho-Slovak State all rights and title over the part of the Kreis of Leobschutz comprised within the following boundaries in case after the determination of the frontier between Germany and Poland the said part of that Kreis should become isolated from Germany: from the south-eastern extremity of the salient of the former Austrian frontier at about 5 kilometres to the west of Leobschutz southwards and up to the point of junction with the boundary between the Kreise of Leobschutz and Ratibor: the former frontier between Germany and Austria-Hungary; then, northwards, the administrative boundary between the Kreise of Leobschutz and Ratibor up to a point situated about 2 kilometres to the south-east of Katscher; thence, north-westwards and up to the starting-point of this definition: a line to be fixed on the spot passing to the east of Katscher, ARTICLE 84. (reference) |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity first |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | At one extremity, this spacious room was lighted by the windows of the two towers, which formed a small recess on either side of the portal |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They were repaving, at that time, the northern extremity of the Rue Saint Louis |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The hare in its extremity cries like a child |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Generally, the primary feature is severe, progressive, lower extremity spasticity. (references) | |
Tremor may begin in one extremity and later spread to involve the entire voluntary muscular system. (references) | ||
Elevation of the extremity and physical therapy are also used to treat RSDS. Injection of a local anesthetic, such as lidocaine, is usually the first step in treatment. (references) | ||
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Through the whole country from the northern extremity of Lake Erie to the Mississippi, and from all the waters which empty into each, finds and easy and direct communication to the seat of Government, and thence to the Atlantic. |
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| "Extremity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Extremity" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 115 | 30,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "extremity". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Keziz | N/A | Biblical | Extremity |
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Expressions using "extremity": be driven to extremity ♦ Bones of Upper Extremity ♦ drive matters to an extremity ♦ pedal extremity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "extremity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | skaj (border, bottom, corner, edge, end, extreme, rim, shank, skirt, skirting, terminal, verge), shkalla më e lartë, kulm (acme, apex, bloom, climax, crescendo, crisis, crown, culmination, dead, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, peak, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), fund (bottom, end). (various references) | |
Arabic | طرف (end, limit), طرف (end, extreme, margin, part, party, selvage, side, tip), خطر عظيم, إجراء يائس, أقصى درجة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смъртна опасност, крайност (exorbitance, exorbitancy, extreme, extremeness, immoderation), крайна нужда, край (about, abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), връх (acme, apex, cap, consummation, cope-stone, cusp, full, gad, head, height, heyday, loop, meridian, peak, perfection, pink, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex), най-висша степен (top), нищета (beggary, degradation, deprivation, destitution, distress, indigence, misery, necessity, poverty), предсмъртни часове, предсмъртни мигове. (various references) | |
Chinese | 肢 (Extremities), 端 (end, item, port, regular, to carry, to hold sth. level with both hands), 末端 . (various references) | |
Czech | opatření (measure, move, precaution, procuration, provision, remedy, step), krajnost (extremeness, extremism), konèetina (appendage, limb). (various references) | |
Danish | extremitet (limb, member). (various references) | |
Dutch | extremiteit (limb). (various references) | |
Farsi | مضیقه (Pinch, Stress), نهایت (Outrance), حدنهاءی , ته (Base, Bed, Bottom, Butt, Heel, Stub), سر (Acme, Apex, Cabal, Chief, Corona, End, Mystery, Pash, Pate, Plug, Point, Ruler, Secret, Thought, Top, Vertex), انتها (Close, End, Head, Outrance, Supreme, Tagend, Terminal), شدت (Acrimony, Duress, Gravity, Intensity, Severity, Stringency, Vehemence, Violence). (various references) | |
Finnish | raaja (limb), membrum. (various references) | |
French | extrémité. (various references) | |
German | Extremität, äußerstes Ende. (various references) | |
Greek | άκρο (limb, brim, edge, end). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קצוה, קצה (border, butt, edge, end, outskirts, stub, tag end, tail end, tip), איבר (member), גבול (border, end, limit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | véglet (extreme), szorultság (exigence, exigency, fix), szélsőség (extreme). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ekstremitas. (various references) | |
Italian | estremità (border, end). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 極端 (extreme). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きわみ (acme, height), きゅうよ (allowance, desperation, grant, supply), きょくたん (extreme), きょく (affair, big frame, channel, climax, culmination, department, extreme, height, nadir, piece of music, pole, situation, tune, zenith), ではずれ (end), いたり (result, utmost limit), はずれ (end, failure, miss, outskirts, tip, verge), はてし (bounds, end, fate, limit, result). (various references) | |
Korean | 말단 (Extremities). (various references) | |
Manx | kione (bottom, chief, close, closing, dyke, end, extreme, finish, head, headland, point, point of argument, poll, ringleader, termination, top, top-end, tribune), feegan (outline, rim, spider lines). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ekstremitet, ytterpunkt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extremityay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extremidade (tip, border, end). (various references) | |
Romanian | extremitate (bottom, climax, end, excess, extreme, outside, termination, tip), extremitãţi, extremã (end, extreme), strâmtoare (awkwardness, bottle-neck, clutch, constraint, fix, gorge, gullet, gut, jam, loss, narrow, narrows, necessity, scrape, sound, stew, Strait, trouble, unpleasant, want), margine (abutment, bank, border, bounds, brim, brink, compass, curb, edge, edging, end, fringe, kerb, ledge, limit, list, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, precinct, rim, seam, termination, tether, verge), mãsuri excepţionale, limitã (ambit, barrier, border, borderland, bound, boundary, brink, ceiling, circumscription, coast, compass, confine, division, edge, end, limit, line, margin, pale, precinct, termination, terminus, tether, the last straw, verge), impas (blind alley, deadlock, dilemma, finesse, impasse, loss, no go, nonplus), hotar (border, bound, boundary, bounds, bourn, Bourne, coast, confine, confines, edge, end, frontier, limit, line, Marge, margin, mete, pale, stint, terminus, verge), graniţã (ambit, barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, confine, confines, division, frontier, March, margin, mete, terminus, verge), capãt (beginning, bottom, close, conclusion, dead end, end, head, term, termination, tip). (various references) | |
Russian | крайность (exigency). (various references) | |
Scottish | iomall (a border, border, limit), ceann (end, head), èarr (end, tail). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekstremitet (limb), ud (limb). (various references) | |
Spanish | extremidad (edge, end, extreme, tip), extremo (butt, extreme). (various references) | |
Swedish | extremitet. (various references) | |
Turkish | uç (apex, bit, cusp, end, peak, point, pole, tab, tail, terminal, the extreme, tip, toe, top), son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extreme, extremely, highly, immensely, in the extreme, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, out and out, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), sınır (border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extreme, frontier, limit, limitation, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, skirting, stint, verge, watershed), had (boundary, limit, limitation, measure, stint), aşırı derece (extreme). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кінець (close, closing, decline, end, finish, last, outcome, overthrow, terminal, truce), крайність (extreme, outrance, perisher). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mũi sự bất hạnh tột độ, cảnh túng quẫn cùng cực, biện pháp cực đoan, đầu (offal, premier, primary, tab, tip). (various references) | |
Welsh | terfyn (barrier, bound, boundary, end). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | membrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 36, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Epoihsan auto epwmidaV sunecousaV ex amfoterwn twn merwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fecit et ansas hyacinthinas in ora cortinae unius ex utroque latere et in ora cortinae alterius similiter |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he made iacynctyne oyletis in the hemme of the o cortyn on either syde, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they made fyftye louppes of Iacincte alonge by the edge of the vtmost curtayne, euen in the silvege of the couplynge courtayne: And likewise they made on the syde of the vtmost couplinge curtayne on the other syde, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the extremity of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 36, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya nagbuhat ug mga galong nga azul sa ngilit sa usa ka cortina gikan sa ngilit, sa tinakdoan; sa mao usab nga pagkaagi siya nagbuhat sa ngilit sa cortina dapit sa gawas sa ikaduha ka tinakdoan. |
| Croatian | Na rubu posljednje od zavjesa sastavljenih u jedno naèine petlje od modre vune; jednako ih naèine i na rubu posljednje zavjese drugoga dijela; |
| Danish | I Kanten af det ene Tæppe, det yderste i det ene sammensyede Stykke, satte han Løkker af violet Purpurgarn, og ligeledes satte han Løkker i Kanten af det yderste Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke; |
| Dutch | Daarna maakte hij striklisjes van hemelsblauw aan den kant ener gordijn, aan het uiterste in de samenvoeging; hij deed het ook aan den uitersten kant der tweede samenvoegende gordijn. |
| Finnish | Sitten tehtiin silmukat punasinisestä langasta ensimmäisen kaistan reunaan, yhdistetyn kappaleen laitaan, ja samoin toisen yhdistetyn kappaleen viimeisen kaistan reunaan. |
| French | On fit des lacets bleus au bord du tapis terminant le premier assemblage; on fit de même au bord du tapis terminant le second assemblage. |
| German | Und machte blaue Schleifen an jegliches Stück am Rande, wo die zwei Stücke sollten zusammengeheftet werden, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada pinggir kedua layar itu dibuat sangkutan dari kain biru, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu dikenakannyalah tali kancing yang biru laut warnanya pada tepi kelambu itu, pada tepinya yang dipersambatkan, demikianpun dikenakannyalah pada tepi kelambu yang kedua, pada tepinya yang dipersambatkan. |
| Italian | Fece cordoni di porpora viola sull'orlo del primo telo all'estremità della sutura e fece la stessa cosa sull'orlo del primo telo all'estremità della sutura e fece la stessa cosa sull'orlo del telo estremo nella seconda sutura. |
| Maori | A i hanga ano e ia etahi koropiko puru ki te taha o tetahi pihi, ki te taha e honoa ana: i pera ano tana mahi ki te taha ki waho o tetahi pihi, ki te hononga mai o te rua. |
| Norwegian | Og de gjorde hemper av blå ull i kanten på det ene teppe, ytterst der hvor sammenfestingen skulde være; likeså gjorde de i kanten på det ytterste teppe, der hvor den andre sammenfesting skulde være. |
| Portuguese | Fizeram laçadas de azul na orla da última cortina do primeiro grupo; assim, também fizeram na orla da primeira cortina do segundo grupo. |
| Rumanian | Au fqcut chiotori albastre la marginea covorului cu care se sfkrwea cea dintki kmpreunare; tot awa au fqcut wi la marginea covorului cu care se sfkrwea a doua kmpreunare de covoare. |
| Swedish | Och man satte öglor av mörkblått garn i kanten på den ena våden, ytterst på det hopfogade stycket; så gjorde man ock i kanten på den våd som satt ytterst i det andra hopfogade stycket. |
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Misspellings | |
"Extremity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: extremado. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "extremity" (pronounced ikstre"mutē) |
| 4 | -m u t ē | amity, anonymity, calamity, conformity, deformity, enmity, enormity, equanimity, infirmity, Nonconformity, proximity, unanimity, uniformity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, analyticity, animosity, annuity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, entity, equality, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-r-t-t-x-y" | |
-1 letter: temerity. | |
-2 letters: emitter, termite. | |
-3 letters: metier, reemit, remixt, retime. | |
-4 letters: emery, exert, eyrie, merit, meter, metre, mirex, miter, mitre, mixer, remet, remex, remit, remix, retem, retie, timer, titer, titre, trite. | |
-5 letters: eery, emir, emit, exit, eyer, eyre, item, meet, mere, mete, mire, miry, mite, mitt, mity, mixt, rete, rime, rimy, rite, teem, term, text, tier. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-r-t-t-x-y" | |
+4 letters: ambidexterity, exothermicity, exterminatory. | |
+5 letters: extemporaneity. | |
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