axite

English

Noun

axite (countable and uncountable, plural axites)

1. (uncountable) A type of smokeless gunpowder.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "This is a Bland's .577 axite express," said he. "I got that big fellow with it." He glanced up at the white rhinoceros.

2. (countable) The terminal branch of an axon.

Anagrams

• e-taxi