5
keen(adjective, sharp, sharpness)
4
acanthoid
4
cuspidate
4
difficult
4
nettlesome(adjective, easy, pain, tricky, complicated)
3
acicular
3
brambly(adjective, tricky, complicated, thorny, spiky)
3
cornuted
3
cusped
3
echinate(adjective, sharp, thorny, hispid)
3
hispid(adjective, pointed)
3
jagged(adjective, sharp)
3
pointy(adjective, sharp, pointed)
3
spiculate
3
tapering
2
aciculate
2
acuate
2
aculeate
2
acuminate
2
biting
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