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Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment..

Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

Cuteness :: Cuteness (n.) Acuteness; cunning.

Liripoop :: Liripoop (n.) Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem..

Lynx-eyed :: Lynx-eyed (a.) Having acute sight.

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..

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..

Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..

Octahedrite :: Octahedrite (n.) Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

Influenza :: Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever..

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

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

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

Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..

Decussative :: Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.

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

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying..

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

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