Directed negatively at a person or topic.
Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
Sharp, barbed; not dull.
In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
A turbinal or turbinate bone.
Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
In the shape of a coil.
Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.