Axe () Alt. of Axeman
Axeman () See Ax, Axman.
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.
Axillae (pl. ) of Axilla
Axilla (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Axilla (n.) An axil.
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.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
Axillary (a.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
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.
Axiomatically (adv.) By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
Axis (n.) The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
Axes (pl. ) of Axis
Axis (n.) 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.
Axis (n.) 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.
Axis (n.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
Axis (n.) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design.
Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
Axle (n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle.
Axle box () A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
Axle box () The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
Axled (a.) Having an axle; -- used in composition.
Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.
Axletree (n.) A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Axmen (pl. ) of Axman
Axman (n.) One who wields an ax.
Axminster (n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
Axolotl (n.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
Axstone (n.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
Axtree (n.) Axle or axletree.
Axunge (n.) Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.
Ay (interj.) Ah! alas!
Ay (adv.) Same as Aye.
Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.
Aye (adv.) Alt. of Ay
Ay (adv.) Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.
Aye (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."
Aye (a.) Alt. of Ay
Ay (a.) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
Aye-aye (n.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.
Ayegreen (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Ayen (adv. & prep.) Alt. of Ayeins
Ayein (adv. & prep.) Alt. of Ayeins
Ayeins (adv. & prep.) Again; back against.
Ayenward (adv.) Backward.
Ayle (n.) A grandfather.
Ayme (n.) The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj.
Ayond (prep. & adv.) Beyond.
Ayont (prep. & adv.) Beyond.
Ayrie (n.) Alt. of Ayry
Ayry (n.) See Aerie.
Ayrshire (n.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
Ayuntamiento (n.) In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Azaleas (pl. ) of Azalea
Azalea (n.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
Azarole (n.) The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.
Azedarach (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
Azedarach (n.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.
Azimuth (n.) The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Azimuth (n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
Azimuthal (a.) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
Azo- () A combining form of azote
Azo- () Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
Azo- () Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.
Azobenzene (n.) A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.
Azoic (a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
Azoleic (a.) Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
Azonic (a.) Confined to no zone or region; not local.
Azorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Azores.
Azorian (n.) A native of the Azores.
Azote (n.) Same as Nitrogen.
Azoth (n.) The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
Azoth (n.) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Azotic (a.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.
Azotite (n.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.
Azotized (imp. & p. p.) of Azotize
Azotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Azotize
Azotize (v. t.) To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
Azotometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.
Azotous (a.) Nitrous; as, azotous acid.
Aztec (a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
Aztec (n.) One of the Aztec race or people.
Azure (a.) Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
Azure (n.) The lapis lazuli.