English dictionary: words starting with acumi

(of a plant or animal structure, e.g. a leaf) tapering to a point.

Brought to a sharp point, pointed. also figurative: (of speech) sharp, pointed, stinging.

Tapering or narrowing to a point; (mineralogy, of three or more planes) meeting so as to form a point by their intersection (now rare).

A pointed or tapering part; (mineralogy) †a part of a crystal regarded as notionally resulting from acumination (obsolete). now chiefly botany and zoology.

Tapering gradually to a narrow but not pointed end.

Distinguished by acumen; acute, shrewd.

Of a leaf: slightly pointed or tapering.