spear-likeadj.
/ˈspɪəlʌɪk/ Resembling a spear in shape or in sharpness.
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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
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 35 The Bulrush hath..two kindes: one..verie blunt and the other is rather Spearelike.
a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) 530 Fiery meteors blaz'd in heauen: Now spearlike, long; now like a spreading torch.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 223 This spear-like fossil.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 265 A quick thrust of the spear-like bill.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 220 Each of these contains a single spear-like crystal.
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