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Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable..

Screech :: Screech (n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream..

Neuralgia :: Neuralgia (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion..

Sharply :: Sharply (adv.) In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely..

Treble :: Treble (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound..

High :: High (superl.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note..

Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..

Nasutness :: Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness..

Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state..

Brightness :: Brightness (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Insight :: Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.

Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

Argute :: Argute (a.) Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.

Gore :: Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point..

Point :: Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..

Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

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