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- English Word Axil Definition 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.
- English Word Axile Definition Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
- English Word Axilla Definition The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- English Word Axilla Definition An axil.
- English Word Axillae Definition of Axilla
- English Word Axillar Definition Axillary.
- English Word Axillaries Definition Alt. of Axillars
- English Word Axillars Definition Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
- English Word Axillary Definition Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
- English Word Axillary Definition Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
- English Word Axinite Definition A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
- English Word Axinomancy Definition A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
- English Word Axiom Definition 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."
- English Word Axiom Definition An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
- English Word Axiomatic Definition Alt. of Axiomatical
- English Word Axiomatical Definition Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.
- English Word Axiomatically Definition By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
- English Word Axis Definition The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
- English Word Axis Definition A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
- English Word Axis Definition A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.