(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
approximal
approximal
adj
Contiguous
Near or adjacent
auxamylase
axilemmata
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
chalumeaux
chalumeaux
noun
plural of chalumeau
coxcomical
coxcomical
adj
Alternative form of coxcombical
daemonelix
examinable
examinable
adj
Able to be examined.
Eligible to appear in an examination.
exclaimers
exclaimers
noun
plural of exclaimer
exclaiming
exclaiming
noun
exclamation
verb
present participle of exclaim
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
exemplupla
exomphalos
exomphalos
noun
A defect in the development of the muscles of the abdominal wall.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exorcismal
exothermal
exothermal
adj
exothermic
exprimable
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extimulate
extimulate
verb
(obsolete) To stimulate.
extramodal
extramodal
adj
Outside of a mode or modes.
extramoral
extramoral
adj
Outside of morality.
extramural
extramural
adj
Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.
Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university.
extremital
extremital
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the extremities.
exumbrella
exumbrella
noun
The outer surface of the umbrella of a jellyfish.
hexametral
hexametral
adj
hexametric
homaxonial
homosexual
homosexual
adj
(dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
(of a person or animal, formal, distancing or dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship, formal, distancing or dated) Between two people of the same sex; gay.
noun
(typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
homotaxial
homotaxial
adj
(biology) Relating to homotaxis.
lipomyxoma
malaxation
malaxation
noun
(agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
(entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
(pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.
In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
malaxerman
malaxermen
maxilliped
maxilliped
noun
One of the appendages on the heads of centipedes and some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding. The maxillipeds, known as forcipules, give centipedes their scientific name, Chilopoda (lip-foot).
maximalism
maximalism
noun
An ideology favoring radical or aggressive action to achieve expansive goals; the stance of maximalists.
The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess.
maximalist
maximalist
adj
(art, music, literature) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.
(historical, communism) Relating to far-left communism.
(politics, diplomacy) Aggressive, expansive.
(religion) Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.
noun
(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.
(historical) A member of a radical Marxist party in Italy.
(historical) A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.
(historical, communism, obsolete, capitalized) A Bolshevik.
(politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.
(religion) A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.
maximilian
maximilien
maxisingle
maxisingle
noun
Alternative form of maxi single
maxwellian
maxwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.
(Pertaining to a distribution) Obeying Maxwell statistics.
Noun
A supporter of James Clerk Maxwell.
mesoxalate
mesoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of mesoxalic acid.
metagalaxy
metagalaxy
noun
(astronomy) Any very large-scale organized collection of galaxies.
metaxylene
metaxylene
noun
(organic chemistry) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colourless inflammable liquid.
misexample
misexplain
misexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain incorrectly.
mixability
mixability
noun
The quality of being mixable.
mixilineal
mixolydian
mixolydian
adj
Alternative form of Mixolydian
monaxonial
multiaxial
multiaxial
adj
Having more than one axis
myxoglioma
myxolipoma
nomophylax
nomophylax
noun
(historical) A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law.
oxaluramid
oxaluramid
noun
Archaic form of oxaluramide.
oxycalcium
oxycalcium
adj
(dated) Of, pertaining to, or produced by a combination of calcium (or lime) and oxygen
paroxysmal
paroxysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms.
permixable
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
premaxilla
premaxilla
noun
(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw
proximally
proximally
adv
(medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally
(of causation) Immediately; most directly
smallpoxes
smallpoxes
noun
plural of smallpox
submaxilla
submaximal
submaximal
adj
less than maximal
taxidermal
taxidermal
adj
Of, or pertaining to, taxidermy.
textualism
textualism
noun
(law) A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible.
Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible.
toxalbumic
toxalbumin
toxalbumin
noun
A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
toxoplasma
toxoplasma
noun
Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
unclimaxed
unclimaxed
adj
Not having reached or undergone a climax.
unexampled
unexampled
adj
Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.
xenylamine
xenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoamine isomeric with diphenylamine, obtained as a by-product of aniline manufacture.
xylostroma
xylostroma
noun
(biology) the felted stroma of various wood-destroying fungi