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spiky

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"Full of points"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈspaɪki/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ikpsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2P3I4K5Y

Definitions

  1. having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

Used in a sentence

  • [D]iverſ hairy Stalks, about a hand breadth high, bearing every one a ſmall long ſpiky Head like to thoſe of the common Plantane, having ſuch like Bloomings and Seed after them.
  • The ſpiky VVheels thro' Heaps of Carnage tore; / And thick the groaning Axles dropp'd vvith Gore.
  • [I]f ten thousand of this spiky tree, the larch, are stuck in at once upon the side of a hill, they can grow up into nothing but deformity; […]

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