low·er·most

[loh-er-mohst or, esp. British, -muhst]
adjective

Origin:
1555–65; lower1 + -most

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lowermost (ˈləʊəˌməʊst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
lowest

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Lowermost is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Lower contact placed at bottom of lowermost red sandstone.
The five leaflets are elongate-oval in shape, with the lowermost two smaller than the upper three.
Multiple diversions are present in the lowermost reach, resulting in reduced water flows in the spring and summer.
Thus, only the lowermost instrument package would be lost in the event of a large, damaging turbidity flow.
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