axis
— Noun
– English
～ the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
axle
— Noun
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～ a shaft on which a wheel rotates
axletree
— Noun
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～ a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve
axolemma
— Noun
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～ outer membrane covering an axon
axolotl
— Noun
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～ larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
axon
— Noun
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～ long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
axone
— Noun
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～ long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
axseed
— Noun
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～ European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods
ayah
— Noun
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～ (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
ayapana
— Noun
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～ low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
ayatollah
— Noun
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～ a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well
aye-aye
— Noun
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～ nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs
ayin
— Noun
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～ the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
ayr
— Noun
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～ a port in southwestern Scotland
ayrshire
— Noun
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～ hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland
Aythya affinis
— Noun
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～ common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads
Aythya americana
— Noun
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～ North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
Aythya
— Noun
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～ canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
ayurveda
— Noun
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～ (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda
az
— Noun
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～ the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian