spiculatedadj.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [adjective] > needle-like
acicular1709
spiculated1738
spiculine1755
aciform?a1808
aciculine1847
1738 D. Kinneir New Ess. Nerves (new ed.) 105 Acrimony arises from the different modifications of spiculated salts.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 308 Blood and oil are globular; corrosive sublimate spiculated; and antimony is in small filaments, like needles.
2. Having the form of a spicula; slender and sharp-pointed.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and
spear-like1567
styliform1578
styliformed1578
lance-like1579
arrowy1637
needle-like1672
needly1694
spiculated1745
lanceolated1752
subulated1752
subulate1757
lanceolate1760
toothpick1761
spear-shaped1763
lance-shaped1776
hastate1777
needle-formed1784
needled1786
needle-shaped1786
subuliform1804
aciform?a1808
needle-form1807
spicular1813
hastiformc1820
speary1821
splintery1836
aiguillesque1856
fleam-shaped1856
toothpick-shaped1905
1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 186 From its upper End arise five spiculated Aristæ.
1768 Elaboratory 218 The spiculated or needle-like form of the saline concretions.
3. Furnished with sharp points or spikelets.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s)
tootheda1387
tatteredc1394
beaked1589
toothy1611
beaking1679
spiked1681
sworded1681
pronged1707
spiky1720
teethful1729
sharp-pointed1748
spiculated1762
arrowy1791
nibbed1794
shark-toothed1794
tusky1830
spicant1867
spurry1875
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 236 Some whales have Spicula in their jaws... Of the spiculated kind with a flat back, the chief is the real Greenland Whale.
1777 W. Mason Eng. Garden (ed. 2) ii. 16 Extend a rail of elm, securely arm'd With spiculated paling.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 803 The spiculated edges of the cavity protruded into the pelvis.
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