Acumen :: Acumen (n.) Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

Acuminate :: Acuminate (a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc..

Acuminate :: Acuminate (v. t.) To render sharp or keen.

Acuminate :: Acuminate (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point..

Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Acuminose :: Acuminose (a.) Terminating in a flat, narrow end..

Acuminous :: Acuminous (a.) Characterized by acumen; keen.

Biacuminate :: Biacuminate (a.) Having points in two directions.

Cacuminal :: Cacuminal (a.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters..

Cacuminate :: Cacuminate (v. i.) To make sharp or pointed.

Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..

Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine..

Guiacum :: Guiacum (n.) Same as Guaiacum.

Ovate-acuminate :: Ovate-acuminate (a.) Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point..

Ovato-acuminate :: Ovato-acuminate (a.) Same as Ovate-acuminate.

Periostracum :: Periostracum (n.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.

Proostracum :: Proostracum (n.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone..

Tetrapharmacum :: Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment..

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