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Pierce :: Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..

Astigmatism :: Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision..

Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..

Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Northeast :: Northeast (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region..

Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.

Aphelion :: Aphelion (n.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion..

Dew-point :: Dew-point (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

Projection :: Projection (n.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each..

Acuminate :: Acuminate (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point..

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Normalcy :: Normalcy (n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

Prod :: Prod (n.) A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

Quarry-faced :: Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

Generation :: Generation (n.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc..

Apex :: Apex (n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf..

Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..

Dot :: Dot (n.) A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark..

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