(botany) 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.
axin
axin
noun
(medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
axis
axis
noun
(anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
(anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
(botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
bixa
ixia
ixia
noun
Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa.
maxi
maxi
adj
Being of the largest size in its category of items.
Having a hemline at ankle length.
noun
A dress, coat or skirt having such a hemline.
Abbreviation of maxi boat.
Abbreviation of maxi single.
Abbreviation of maxicomputer.
Abbreviation of maxipad.
nixa
taxi
taxi
noun
(South Africa) A share taxi.
(aviation) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
verb
To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
xian
xian
noun
(China) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu).
(sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.