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spindle: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning; any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts; (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"

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pintle collapse: a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

arbor collapse: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"; tree (as opposed to shrub)

tribesman collapse: someone who lives in a tribe

kinfolk collapse

kinsmen collapse

kith and kin collapse

next of kin collapse: the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person

clansman collapse: a member of a clan

blood relative collapse

folks collapse: your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

flesh and blood collapse

gudgeon collapse: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers

connections collapse

nave collapse: the central area of a church

posterity collapse: all future generations

sibling collapse: a person's brother or sister

sib collapse

spindle side collapse

spear side collapse

fulcrum collapse: the pivot about which a lever turns

sword side collapse

hub collapse: the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes; a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area"

distaff side collapse

ancestry collapse: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

relative collapse: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus); a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"

vacuole collapse: a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell

cilia collapse

kin collapse: group of people related by blood or marriage; a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

rotator collapse

kindred collapse: related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans"

bloodline collapse

cognate collapse: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language; having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"

gyroscope collapse: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

relations collapse: mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

hinge collapse: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other; a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"; attach with a hinge

axis collapse: the center around which something rotates; the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head; a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions; in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"; the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

stirps collapse

direct line collapse

pivot collapse: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"; axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns; the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver; turn on a pivot

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