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General dictionaries General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. acute: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. acute: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. acute: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. acute: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Acute: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. acute: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. acute: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. acute: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. acute: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. acute: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. acute: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. acute: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Acute (band), Acute (medical), Acute (medicine), Acute (phonetic), Acute, The Acute: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. Acute: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. acute: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  16. acute: Rhymezone [home, info]
  17. acute: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  18. acute: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  19. ACUTE, acute: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
  20. acute: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  21. acute: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  22. acute: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  23. acute: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  24. acute: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  25. acute: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Acute: Health & Beauty Glossary [home, info]
  2. Acute: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acute: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (34 matching dictionaries)
  1. acute: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  2. Acute: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  3. acute: Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info]
  4. acute: Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary [home, info]
  5. Acute: Diabetes Dictionary [home, info]
  6. Acute: Digestive Diseases Dictionary [home, info]
  7. Acute: MedFriendly Glossary [home, info]
  8. acute: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  9. Acute: Cancer Glossary [home, info]
  10. ACUTE: Lay Terms for Consent Forms [home, info]
  11. Acute: Health and Wellness Dictionary [home, info]
  12. acute: Medical of ER [home, info]
  13. Acute: GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary [home, info]
  14. Acute: Hepatitis C Information Central [home, info]
  15. acute: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary [home, info]
  16. Acute: Allergy Glossary [home, info]
  17. acute: Diabetes Dictionary [home, info]
  18. Acute: GI Disorders [home, info]
  19. Acute: National MCH Center for Child Death Review [home, info]
  20. Acute: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms [home, info]
  21. Acute: AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart [home, info]
  22. Acute: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia [home, info]
  23. acute: Neurotrauma Glossary [home, info]
  24. acute: Dictionary of Cancer Terms [home, info]
  25. Acute: National Immunization Program Glossary [home, info]
  26. Acute: Lexicon of Microbiology terms and Abbreviations [home, info]
  27. acute: Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms [home, info]
  28. Acute (medical), acute: Medical dictionary [home, info]
  29. Acute: University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms [home, info]
  30. acute: Vitamin Glossary [home, info]
  31. Acute: Brain Injury [home, info]
  32. Acute: WeMove Glossary of Terms [home, info]
  33. Acute: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
  34. acute: Hyperdictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ACUTE: Acronym Finder [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Acute: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
  2. acute: Archaeology Wordsmith [home, info]
  3. acute: Botanical Terms [home, info]
  4. Acute: Lithics Terminology (Archaeology) [home, info]
  5. acute: Rhododendron Glossary [home, info]
  6. acute: MATH SPOKEN HERE! [home, info]
  7. acute: Bryological [home, info]
  8. acute: Flora of New South Wales [home, info]
  9. Acute: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia [home, info]
  10. acute: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
  11. acute: Anthropology dictionary [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Acute: Dairy Glossary [home, info]
  2. Acute: Beauty & Health Glossary [home, info]
  3. ACUTE: Lake and Water Word Glossary [home, info]
  4. Acute: Pest Management Glossary [home, info]
  5. acute: Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms [home, info]

Quick definitions (acute)

noun:  a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
adjective:  having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions ("An acute observer of politics and politicians")
adjective:  of an angle; less than 90 degrees
adjective:  having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course ("Acute appendicitis")
adjective:  of critical importance and consequence ("An acute (or critical) lack of research funds")
adjective:  extremely sharp or intense ("Acute pain")
adjective:  ending in a sharp point

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Words similar to acute:   sharp, intense, penetrating, acuate, acutely, acuteness, acuter, acutest, ague, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, piercing, acute accent, critical, crucial, dire, severe, more...


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