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Acuminose
a.
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Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
Acuminous
a.
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Characterized by acumen; keen.
Acupressure
n.
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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
n.
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See Acupuncture.
Acupuncture
n.
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Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Acupuncture
n.
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The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
Acupuncture
v. t.
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To treat with acupuncture.
Acustumaunce
n.
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See Accustomance.
Acutangular
a.
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Acute-angled.
Acute
a.
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Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
Acute
a.
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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
a.
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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
a.
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High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
Acute
a.
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Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
Acute
v. t.
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To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
Acute-angled
a.
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Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
Acutely
adv.
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In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
Acuteness
n.
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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
Acuteness
n.
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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
n.
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Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Acuteness
n.
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Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
Acutifoliate
a.
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Having sharp-pointed leaves.
Acutilobate
a.
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Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
Ad-
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As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
Adact
v. t.
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To compel; to drive.
Adactyl
a.
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Alt. of Adactylous
Adactylous
a.
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Without fingers or without toes.
Adactylous
a.
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Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Adage
n.
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An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Adagial
a.
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Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.