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Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Euonymus :: Euonymus (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.

Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..

Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.

Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Parsnip :: Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself..

Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

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