Index of English words, starting with "ac"

(1) - Acupressure (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.

(1) - Acupuncture (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.
(2) - Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
(3) - Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

(1) - Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
(2) - Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
(3) - Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
(4) - Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
(5) - 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.
(6) - Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

(1) - Acutely (adv.) In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

(1) - Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(2) - Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
(3) - Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
(4) - Acuteness (n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.