| 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. |
| ADAXIAL | • adaxial adj. (Botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side. • adaxial adj. (Developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord. • ADAXIAL adj. next to the axis. |
| AFFIXAL | • affixal adj. As or like an affix. • AFFIXAL adj. pertaining to a prefix or suffix, also AFFIXIAL. |
| ALEXIAS | • alexias n. Plural of alexia. • ALEXIA n. loss of power to read. |
| ANAXIAL | • ANAXIAL adj. asymmetrical. |
| AXIALLY | • axially adv. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line. • AXIALLY adv. pertaining to an axial. |
| AXILLAE | • axillae n. Plural of axilla. • AXILLA n. (Latin) the armpit. |
| AXILLAR | • axillar adj. Alternative form of axillary. • axillar n. Any of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing. • AXILLAR n. a feather on the undersurface of a bird's wing, also AXILLARY. |
| AXILLAS | • axillas n. Plural of axilla. • AXILLA n. (Latin) the armpit. |
| 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. |
| COAXIAL | • coaxial adj. (Geometry) Having a common central axis. • coaxial n. A coaxial cable. • co-axial adj. Alternative form of coaxial. |
| EPAXIAL | • epaxial adj. (Anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline). • epaxial n. Such a muscle. • EPAXIAL adj. in zoology, above the axis of the neck. |
| MAXILLA | • maxilla n. (Anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw. • maxilla n. (Zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods… • MAXILLA n. (Latin) the bone of either the upper or the under jaw. |
| MAXIMAL | • maximal adj. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most. • maximal n. (Mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude. • maximal n. (Mathematics) Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be… |