| ABAXIAL | • abaxial adj. (Botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside… • abaxial adj. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed. • ABAXIAL adj. facing away from the axis, as the surface of a leaf, also ABAXILE. |
| ABAXILE | • abaxile adj. Alternative form of abaxial. • ABAXILE adj. facing away from the axis, as the surface of a leaf, also ABAXIAL. |
| BIAXIAL | • biaxial adj. Having two axes. • biaxial adj. (Mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid). • biaxial adj. Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes. |
| BOXBALL | • boxball n. Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court. • BOXBALL n. a form of handball. |
| BOXHAUL | • boxhaul v. (Nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back… • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| COALBOX | • coalbox n. A box for storing coal. • COALBOX n. a box for storing coal. |
| FAXABLE | • faxable adj. That can be faxed (transmitted by facsimile). • FAXABLE adj. capable of being faxed. |
| FIXABLE | • fixable adj. Capable of being fixed, repairable. • fixable adj. Attachable. • FIXABLE adj. able to be fixed. |
| MAILBOX | • mailbox n. (Chiefly US) A box into which mail is put. • mailbox n. (Computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore. • mail-box n. Alternative form of mailbox. |
| MIXABLE | • mixable adj. Capable of being mixed. • MIXABLE adj. capable of being mixed, also MISCIBLE, MIXIBLE. |
| SALTBOX | • saltbox n. A box for keeping salt in. • saltbox n. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music. • saltbox n. (US) a distinctively-shaped wooden-frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic… |
| TALKBOX | • talkbox n. Alternative form of talk box. • talk␣box n. An effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument. • TALKBOX n. a device for modulating a guitar's sound to be speech-like. |
| TAXABLE | • taxable adj. That can be taxed. • taxable adj. Subject to taxation. • taxable n. Something on which tax must be paid. |
| TAXABLY | • taxably adv. In a way that is subject to taxation. • TAXABLE adv. capable of being taxed. |
| WAXABLE | • waxable adj. (Chiefly skiing) Suitable for being waxed. • WAXABLE adj. able to be waxed. |
| WAXBILL | • waxbill n. Any bird of the genus Estrilda. • WAXBILL n. any of numerous small finch-like birds of the African genus Estrilda, whose bills have a waxy appearance. |