Helen Fenton

Ayrshire: Definition and part of speech

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Ayrshire

  1. n. One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Axillars: Definition and part of speech

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Axillars

  1. n. pl. Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Axillary: Definition and part of speech

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Axillary

  1. a. Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Axinite: Definition and part of speech

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Axinite

  1. n. A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Axiom: Definition and part of speech

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Axiom

  1. a. An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
  2. a. A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, “The whole is greater than a part;” “A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be.”

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.