Modifies a noun

• mantle: Lithosphere is called the solid part of the earth, including the crust and the uppermost mantle.

• layer: By using acids derived from sugar cane the skin is helped by removing the dry uppermost layer.

• deck: The uppermost deck running from the bow to the stern is called the weather deck.

• fill: The second fill was charcoal rich and formed a shallow bowl shape filled by the uppermost fill.

• branch: I've climbed into your tree of thoughts, clinging like an ornament to your uppermost branches.

• importance: A rational quest for truth is not for everyone of uppermost importance.

Modifying Another Word

• always: The fear of injury is always uppermost in an athletes mind at this late stage.

• usually: Thankfully, however, these philosophical worries are not usually uppermost in the average manager's mind.

• also: The fear of expensive damage was also uppermost in drivers ' minds.

• probably: The issue of the prevalent violence was probably uppermost in people's minds.

• often: This is often uppermost in my mind tho the advances made are frequently only of the small step variety.

• still: But whatever the cost, the romance of the Festival was still uppermost in the Irish drivers ' minds.

Preposition: in

• mind: Sealed A rescue operation was uppermost in the minds of everyone.

• everyone: This idea was uppermost in everyone 's minds, agreed John Haines, one of the defense barristers.

• people: The issue of the prevalent violence was probably uppermost in people 's minds.

• designer: Efficiency was also uppermost in the designer 's plans, as response speeds were critical on the new network.

• thought: The last point, although the most alien for journalists, was clearly uppermost in the thoughts of the proprietor at the time.