axe | (noun) an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle | Synonyms: ax |
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(verb) terminate | Synonyms: ax |
(verb) chop or split with an ax | Synonyms: ax |
axenic | (adjective) (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions | - |
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(adjective) (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms | - |
axerophthol | (noun) any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes | Synonyms: A, antiophthalmic factor, vitamin A |
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breakaxe | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakax, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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broadaxe | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadax |
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coaxer | (noun) someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing | Synonyms: wheedler |
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flaxen | (adjective) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: sandy |
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hoaxer | (noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others | Synonyms: cut-up, practical joker, prankster, tricker, trickster |
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pickaxe | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickax |
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poleaxe | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleax |
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(noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleax |
(verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleax |
relaxed | (adjective) without strain or anxiety | - |
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relaxedness | (noun) The quality of being eased or loosened, or of having an easy-going mood or temperament. | - |
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relaxer | (noun) any agent that produces relaxation | - |
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taxer | (noun) a bureaucrat who levies taxes | - |
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unrelaxed | (adjective) nor relaxed | - |
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untaxed | (adjective) (of goods or funds) not taxed | Synonyms: tax-exempt, tax-free |
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unwaxed | (adjective) not waxed | - |
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waxed | (adjective) treated with wax | - |
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waxen | (adjective) made of or covered with wax | Synonyms: waxy |
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(adjective) having the paleness of wax | Synonyms: waxlike, waxy |
woadwaxen | (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woodwaxen |
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woodwaxen | (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen |
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