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..

Adlocution :: Adlocution (n.) See Allocution.

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words..

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Anicut :: Anicut (n.) Alt. of Annicu.

Annicut :: Annicut (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

Assecution :: Assecution (n.) An obtaining or acquiring.

Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

Cecutiency :: Cecutiency (n.) Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness..

Chalkcutter :: Chalkcutter (n.) A man who digs chalk.

Cicuta :: Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known..

Cicutoxin :: Cicutoxin (n.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

Circumlocution :: Circumlocution (n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

Circumlocutional :: Circumlocutional (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous..

Circumlocutory :: Circumlocutory (a.) Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

Clean-cut :: Clean-cut (a.) See Clear-cut.

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