अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

Having small prickles or sharp points.

Aculeate.

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

A sting.

Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

To render sharp or keen.

To end in, or come to, a sharp point.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Terminating in a flat, narrow end.

Characterized by acumen; keen.

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.

See Acupuncture.

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

To treat with acupuncture.

See Accustomance.

Acute-angled.

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.

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