spindle

As nouns the difference between spindle and spinule

is that spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while spinule is a minute spine.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and spindle

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while spindle is (spinning) a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

As a verb spindle is

to make into a long tapered shape.

As nouns the difference between baluster and spindle

is that baluster is   A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister while spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

As a verb spindle is

to make into a long tapered shape.

As nouns the difference between spindle and rynd

is that spindle is (spinning) a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while rynd is a piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As nouns the difference between spindle and tailpin

is that spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while tailpin is the centre in the spindle of a turning lathe.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As a noun spindle

is (spinning) a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As an adjective centrophilic is

(genetics|of a chromosome) tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.

As nouns the difference between spindle and sagittocyst

is that spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while sagittocyst is a capsule having a spindle-like needle produced by epidermal cells of certain turbellarians.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As a noun spindle

is (spinning) a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As an adjective merotelic is

(genetics) describing the attachment of one kinetochore to both mitotic spindle poles.

As a noun spindle

is (spinning) a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

As an adjective syntelic is

(genetics) describing a chromosome orientation in which both sister kinetochores are attached to the same spindle.

As nouns the difference between spindle and biorientation

is that spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while biorientation is the orientation of chromosomes to opposite poles of the bipolar spindle before cell division.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.