All apical synonyms
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A a adj apical
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- finest β fines. Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e). Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- dominant β ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- preeminent β eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- leading β made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- primary β first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- principal β first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- acute β An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'cafΓ©'.
- pointed β having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- prime β of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- superior β higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- crowning β the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- upper β higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer's voice.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- maximum β the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
- culminating β final; decisive
- sovereign β a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- chief β The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- outside β the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- ruling β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- capital β Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
- tiptop β the extreme top or summit.
- first β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- piercing β loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- salient β prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- fine β of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- tapering β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- jagged β having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- peaked β Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
- prickly β full of or armed with prickles.
- serrated β Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- thorny β abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- aciculate β having aciculae
- acuminate β narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- cuspate β having a cusp or cusps
- cuspidate β having a cusp or cusps
- pointy β having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- spiny β abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- acuate β to sharpen
- acuminous β keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- briar β A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- edged β having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword.
- honed β a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- horned β made of horn.
- knife-edged β having a thin, sharp edge.
- needlelike β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.