Vocabulary : Maxillo-palatine to May
Maxillo-palatine : Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n.
Maxilloturbinal : Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. ;; The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.
Maxim : An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism. ;; The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.
Maxim gun : A kind of machine gun; -- named after its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim.
Maxima : of Maximum
Maximilian : A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.
Maximization : The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.
Maximize : To increase to the highest degree.
Maximum : The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum. ;; Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
May : An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can. ;; A maiden. ;; The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. ;; The early part or springtime of life. ;; The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. ;; The merrymaking of May Day.
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