(figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
Misspelling of axle.
axil
axil
noun
(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.
axle
axle
noun
(geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
(obsolete) Shoulder.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
calx
calx
noun
(now chiefly historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
exla
falx
falx
noun
(anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
(anatomy) A rotula of a sea urchin.
(anatomy) A snake's poison fang.
(anatomy, dated) A chelicera.
(historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
flax
flax
noun
A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.
lanx
lanx
noun
(historical) A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.
