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Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..

Introrse :: Introrse (a.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.

Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..

Tubicorn :: Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

Monopodium :: Monopodium (n.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns..

Spike :: Spike (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..

Contrate :: Contrate (a.) Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it..

Bilateral :: Bilateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body..

Oblatum :: Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

Sensori-volitional :: Sensori-volitional (a.) Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in sensation and volition..

Columella :: Columella (n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.

Axial :: Axial (a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis..

Monopodial :: Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk..

Homotaxia :: Homotaxia (n.) Same as Homotaxis.

Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..

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