English dictionary: words starting with acuminat

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Acuminate

Meanings of Acuminate:

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

Meanings of Acuminated:

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

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Acuminating

Meanings of Acuminating:

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

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Acumination

Meanings of Acumination:

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

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