acicular

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Palpi very slightly curved; second joint brown on the outer side; third acicular, a little shorter than the second.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Spher′ūle, a little sphere; Spher′ūlite, a radiating spherical group of minute acicular crystals common in silicious volcanic rocks.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and the crystals are either prismatic or acicular in habit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

One, named Einerguendi by Brown, consisted of compact felspar, coloured green by chlorite, with grains of quartz and acicular crystals of felspar.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas

Besides inulin, C12H20O10, a body isomeric with starch, the root contains helenin, C6H8O, a stearoptene, which may be prepared in white acicular crystals, insoluble in water, but freely soluble in alcohol.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various