English words for 'Having thorns.'
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- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
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- A prickle or thorn.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- Any thorny shrub.
- any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
- Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- (graph theory) A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
- (chiefly Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
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- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
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- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
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noun
- a thorny stem or twig
- Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- tangled mass of prickly plants
- a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- Alternative spelling of briar.
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- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
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- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
- Any of several plants having such husks.
- Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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adj
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- a sharp stab of pain
- a sudden sharp feeling
- (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
- (UK, dialectal) Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
- A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
- A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
- A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
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noun
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- A prickle or thorn.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- Any thorny shrub.
- any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
- Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- (graph theory) A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
- (chiefly Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
noun
noun
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
verb
noun
- a thorny stem or twig
- Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- tangled mass of prickly plants
- a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- Alternative spelling of briar.
noun
noun
- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
noun
noun
- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
- Any of several plants having such husks.
- Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
verb
noun
- a sharp stab of pain
- a sudden sharp feeling
- (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
- (UK, dialectal) Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
- A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
- A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
- A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
verb
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adj
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination