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Perspicacity :: Perspicacity (n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

Treble :: Treble (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound..

Discerning :: Discerning (a.) Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

Acoumeter :: Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.

Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment..

Nasutness :: Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness..

Phrenitis :: Phrenitis (n.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable..

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

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

Treble :: Treble (a.) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice..

Penetrating :: Penetrating (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind..

Sharp-witted :: Sharp-witted (a.) Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..

Proparoxytone :: Proparoxytone (n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

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