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Atlantal :: Atlantal (a.) Relating to the atlas.

Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio..

Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..

Atlantides :: Atlantides (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas..

Atlantic :: Atlantic (a.) Descended from Atlas.

Atlases :: Atlases (pl. ) of Atla.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.

Atlantic :: Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n..

Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky..

Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A collection of maps in a volum.

Proatlas :: Proatlas (n.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

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