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Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..

Geniculation :: Geniculation (n.) The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..

Bluntly :: Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility..

Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..

Jerky :: "Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style..

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.

Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..

Snatcher :: Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly..

Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..

Interruption :: Interruption (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition..

Clatter :: Clatter (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds..

Knapple :: Knapple (v.) To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble..

Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly..

Inflexed :: Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower..

Clatter :: Clatter (v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds..

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc..

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