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Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees..

Edgeless :: Edgeless (a.) Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon..

Retund :: Retund (v. t.) To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence..

Dullness :: Dullness (n.) The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb..

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..

Hogback :: Hogback (n.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features..

Rebate :: Rebate (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise..

Stubbed :: Stubbed (a.) Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse..

Bull''s-nose :: Bull's-nose (n.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Impenetrability :: Impenetrability (n.) Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

Boeotian :: Boeotian (a.) Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse..

Thick-skinned :: Thick-skinned (a.) Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse..

Amblygon :: Amblygon (n.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle..

Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

Pointless :: Pointless (a.) Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark..

Diamond :: Diamond (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge..

Rhomb :: Rhomb (n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square..

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