scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
axis axis of rotation | the center around which something rotates |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
Herschelian telescope off-axis reflector | a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed |
axis axis vertebra | the nd cervical vertebra, serves as a pivot for turning the head |
worldly concern earthly concern world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
axis | a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions |
coordinate axis | one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system |
x-axis | the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system |
y-axis | the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system |
z-axis | the third axis in a -dimensional coordinate system |
major axis | the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, passes through the two foci |
semimajor axis | one-half the major axis of an ellipse, the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end |
minor axis | the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid |
semiminor axis | one-half the minor axis of an ellipse |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
optic axis | in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs, a crystal may have either one or two optic axes |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
tremor earth tremor microseism | a small earthquake |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
bloc axis | a group of countries in special alliance |
Axis | in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in which later included Japan and other nations, the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II |
Earth earth | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell), it was hell on earth |
hell hell on earth hellhole snake pit the pits inferno | any place of pain and turmoil, the hell of battle, the inferno of the engine room, when you're alone Christmas is the pits, |
crust Earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth |
Earth earth world globe | the rd planet from the sun, the planet we live on, the Earth moves around the sun, he sailed around the world |
land dry land earth ground solid ground terra firma | the solid part of the earth's surface, the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land, the earth shook for several minutes, he dropped the logs on the ground |
surface Earth's surface | the outermost level of the land or sea, earthquakes originate far below the surface, three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water |
earth-god earth god | a god of fertility and vegetation |
earth-goddess earth goddess | a goddess of fertility and vegetation |
earth mother | the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility |
lion's foot gall of the earth Nabalus serpentarius Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
chufa yellow nutgrass earth almond ground almond rush nut Cyperus esculentus | European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers |
heath pea earth-nut pea earthnut pea tuberous vetch Lathyrus tuberosus | European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
wild potato vine wild sweet potato vine man-of-the-earth manroot scammonyroot Ipomoea panurata Ipomoea fastigiata | tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root, sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato |
man-of-the-earth Ipomoea leptophylla | a morning glory with long roots of western United States |
truffle earthnut earth-ball | any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber, grow naturally in southwestern Europe |
axis | the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged |
earthtongue earth-tongue | any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum |
rare earth rare-earth element lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |
ader wax earth wax mineral wax ozokerite ozocerite | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum, some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
earth color | a colored mineral used as a pigment |
alkaline earth alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
bleaching clay bleaching earth | an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils |
potter's clay potter's earth | clay that does not contain any iron, used in making pottery or for modeling |
earth ground | the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface, they dug into the earth outside the church |
diatomaceous earth diatomite kieselguhr | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material |
earth | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) |
fuller's earth | an absorbent soil resembling clay, used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent |
earth | connect to the earth, earth the circuit |