(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.
axilemmata
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
exemptible
exemptible
adj
That may be exempted.
exothermal
exothermal
adj
exothermic
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extimulate
extimulate
verb
(obsolete) To stimulate.
extollment
extollment
noun
Alternative form of extolment
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.
hexametral
hexametral
adj
hexametric
homotaxial
homotaxial
adj
(biology) Relating to homotaxis.
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.
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.
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.
metroxylon
mixability
mixability
noun
The quality of being mixable.
mixologist
mixologist
noun
(humorous) A person who creates cocktails; a bartender.
multiaxial
multiaxial
adj
Having more than one axis
pleximeter
pleximeter
noun
(medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.
pleximetry
pleximetry
noun
The use of the pleximeter.
plexometer
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
protoxylem
protoxylem
noun
The first xylem to form in a plant.
simplexity
simplexity
noun
(chemistry) disorder
(mathematics) The number of simplexes into which a structure can be divided
The act of establishing a simple interface for something that is complex.
The tendency of a simple system to generate complex forms
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.
xylostroma
xylostroma
noun
(biology) the felted stroma of various wood-destroying fungi
xylotomies
xylotomist
xylotomist
noun
A person involved in xylotomy.
xylotomous
xylotomous
adj
That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.