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Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

Three-pointed :: Three-pointed (a.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

Copland :: Copland (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Rubella :: Rubella (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles..

Sharp-witted :: Sharp-witted (a.) Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.

Peracute :: Peracute (a.) Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever..

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..

Oxyopy :: Oxyopy (n.) Excessive acuteness of sight.

Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound..

Quick-sighted :: Quick-sighted (a.) Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.

Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom..

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Acoumeter :: Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses..

Acutangular :: Acutangular (a.) Acute-angled.

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

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