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

Acupressure :: Acupressure (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface..

Acupuncturation :: Acupuncturation (n.) See Acupuncture.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

Acustumaunce :: Acustumaunce (n.) See Accustomance.

Acutangular :: Acutangular (a.) Acute-angled.

Acute :: Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure..

Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..

Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..

Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..

Acutely :: Acutely (adv.) In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle..

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis..

Acutifoliate :: Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Acutilobate :: Acutilobate (a.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves..

Amaracus :: Amaracus (n.) A fragrant flower.

Astacus :: Astacus (n.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish..

Bacule :: Bacule (n.) See Bascule.

Baculine :: Baculine (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

Baculite :: Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite..

Baculometry :: Baculometry (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

Barracuda :: Barracuda (n.) Alt. of Barracouat.

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

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