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Osculatory :: Osculatory (a.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point..

Point-blank :: Point-blank (adv.) In a point-blank manner.

Punctated :: Punctated (a.) Pointed; ending in a point or points.

Tangent :: Tangent (v. t.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function..

Point :: Point (n.) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out..

Due :: Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday..

Isothermobath :: Isothermobath (n.) A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

Bitangent :: Bitangent (n.) A line that touches a curve in two points.

Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..

Term :: Term (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid..

Appointing :: Appointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appoin.

Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish..

Plowpoint :: Plowpoint (n.) Alt. of Ploughpoin.

Zero :: Zero (n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences..

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..

Far :: Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity..

Ovate-acuminate :: Ovate-acuminate (a.) Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point..

Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate.

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