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Lancinating :: Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains)..

Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

Piercing :: Piercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierc.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

Eyeleteer :: Eyeleteer (n.) A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto..

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day..

Pungency :: Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..

Persant :: Persant (a.) Piercing.

Piercing :: Piercing (a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust..

Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

Stingless :: Stinging (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..

Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer..

Terebrating :: Terebrating (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia..

Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..

Drilling :: Drilling (n.) The act of piercing with a drill.

Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein..

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