English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Axes
(pl. )
of Axis
Axial
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
resembling, an axis; around an axis.
Axial
(a.)
Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton;
or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
Axially
(adv.)
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial
(magnetic) line.
Axil
(n.)
The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a
branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
Axile
(a.)
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in
the axis of a seed.
Axilla
(n.)
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm
and shoulder.
Axilla
(n.)
An axil.
Axillae
(pl. )
of Axilla
Axillar
(a.)
Axillary.
Axillaries
(n. pl.)
Alt. of Axillars
Axillars
(n. pl.)
Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and
the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
Axillary
(a.)
Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to
an axil.
Axillary
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary
gland, artery, nerve.
Axinite
(n.)
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found
in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
Axinomancy
(n.)
A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
Axiom
(a.)
A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose
truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration
can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for
granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at
the same time, be and not be."
Axiom
(a.)
An established principle in some art or science, which,
though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms
of political economy.
Axiomatic
(a.)
Alt. of Axiomatical
Axiomatical
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an
axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.