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Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

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..

Staccato :: Staccato (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster..

Windward :: Windward (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward..

Abietine :: Abietine (n.) A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether..

Destination :: Destination (n.) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at..

Beak :: Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land..

Centralize :: Centralize (v. t.) To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control..

Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Yucca :: Yucca (n.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms..

Grammaticism :: Grammaticism (n.) A point or principle of grammar.

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly..

Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..

Alpenstock :: Alpenstock (n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps..

Quodlibet :: Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.

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