acicula
noun
acic·u·la
ə-ˈsi-kyə-lə
plural aciculae
ə-ˈsi-kyə-ˌlē,
-ˌlī
or aciculas : a needlelike spine, bristle, or crystal
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, going back to Late Latin acicula, acucula "small needle, small pin for a headdress,", from Latin acu-, stem of acus "needle" (going back to Indo-European *h2eḱ-u- "pointed") + -cula, diminutive suffix
First Known Use
1784, in the meaning defined above
- excluded
- excluder
- excluders
- excludes
- excludible
- excluding
- exclusible
- exclusion
- exclusion clause
- exclusion principle
- exclusionary
- exclusionary rule
- exclusioner
- exclusioners
- exclusionisms
- exclusionist
- exclusionists
- exclusions
- exclusive
- exclusive disjunction
- exclusive economic zone
- exclusive listing
- exclusive of
- exclusive or
- exclusive proposition