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axial
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
2: relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle" [syn:
axile, axial]
3: situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
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biaxial
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adj 1: having two axes; "biaxial crystals" [syn: biaxial,
biaxal, biaxate]
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coaxial
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adj 1: having a common axis [syn: coaxial, coaxal]
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glacial
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adj 1: relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
2: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness
or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a
frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy
stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen,
glacial, icy, wintry]
3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid
waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands";
"polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial,
icy, polar]
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postglacial
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adj 1: relating to or occurring during the time following a
glacial period
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real
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant:
unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat
and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a
real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
[ant: unreal]
3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty
and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man
sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
poor" [syn: real, tangible]
5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected
for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
[ant: nominal]
7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material]
[ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings"
9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising
resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn:
veridical, real]
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
3: an old small silver Spanish coin
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uncial
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adj 1: relating to or written in majuscule letters (which
resemble modern capitals); "uncial letters"
n 1: a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded
capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin
manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
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carnassial
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adj 1: (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; "the carnassial
teeth of carnivores"
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abaxial
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adj 1: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the
abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing
away from the stem" [syn: abaxial, dorsal] [ant:
adaxial, ventral]
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adaxial
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adj 1: nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or
organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the
adaxial surface" [syn: adaxial, ventral] [ant:
abaxial, dorsal]
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fiducial
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adj 1: relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the
holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary
contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
[syn: fiduciary, fiducial]
2: used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or
measurement; "a fiducial point"
3: based on trust
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interglacial
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paraxial
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periglacial
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epaxial
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monaxial
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postaxial
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preaxial
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triaxial
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homotaxial
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multiaxial
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uniaxial
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