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Acuminate

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

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Sharpen 76% connected

To make sharp.

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Taper 76% connected

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

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Acumen 74% connected

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

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Acumen 74% connected

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

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(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

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Annual noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Bast noun · 78% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 78% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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Coma noun · 78% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Cork noun · 78% connection

(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

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Corolla noun · 78% connection

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Acumination noun · 78% connection

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

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tapering, point, pointed, leaves, teeth.
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Archaeopteryx noun · 78% connection

A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and…

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Awl noun · 78% connection

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is d…

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Belemnite noun · 78% connection

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Conical adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a c…

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Dart noun · 78% connection

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

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Deciduous adjective · 78% connection

Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergr…

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East noun · 78% connection

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four c…

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Fid noun · 78% connection

A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.

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