| maximisation | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximization |
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| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| maximising | (adjective) making as great as possible | Synonyms: maximizing |
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| maximization | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximisation |
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| (noun) the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function | - |
| maximize | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximise |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximise |
| maximizing | (adjective) making as great as possible | Synonyms: maximising |
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| maximum | (adjective) the greatest or most complete or best possible | Synonyms: maximal |
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| (noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, utmost, uttermost |
| (noun) the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right | - |
| (noun) the largest possible quantity | Synonyms: upper limit |
| maxwell | (noun) a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss | Synonyms: Mx |
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| morphallaxis | (noun) regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters | - |
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| nontaxable | (adjective) (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation | Synonyms: exempt |
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| opopanax | (noun) an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines | - |
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| overtax | (verb) tax excessively | - |
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| parallax | (noun) the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object | - |
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| parapraxis | (noun) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | Synonyms: miscue, slip-up, slip |
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| pax | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist | Synonyms: kiss of peace |
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| pickax | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickaxe |
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| pickaxe | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickax |
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| pneumothorax | (noun) abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis) | - |
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| poleax | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleaxe |
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| (noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| poleaxe | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleax |
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| (noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleax |
| (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleax |
| praxis | (noun) translating an idea into action | Synonyms: practice |
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| prophylaxis | (noun) the prevention of disease | - |
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| prothorax | (noun) the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
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| relax | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, loosen |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | Synonyms: loosen up |
| relaxant | (adjective) tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension | - |
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| (noun) a drug that relaxes and relieves tension | - |
| relaxation | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, repose, rest |
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| (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalisation, liberalization |
| (noun) a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount | Synonyms: relaxation method |
| (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: loosening, slackening |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: easiness |
| (noun) (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance | Synonyms: relaxation behavior |
| (noun) (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers | - |
| relaxed | (adjective) without strain or anxiety | - |
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| relaxedness | (noun) The quality of being eased or loosened, or of having an easy-going mood or temperament. | - |
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| relaxer | (noun) any agent that produces relaxation | - |
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| relaxin | (noun) hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor | - |
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| relaxing | (adjective) affording physical or mental rest | Synonyms: reposeful, restful |
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| sax | (noun) a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | Synonyms: saxophone |
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| saxatile | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxicoline, saxicolous |
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| saxhorn | (noun) any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves | - |
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| saxicoline | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxatile, saxicolous |
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| saxicolous | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxatile, saxicoline |
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| saxifrage | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | Synonyms: breakstone, rockfoil |
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| saxist | (noun) a musician who plays the saxophone | Synonyms: saxophonist |
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| saxitoxin | (noun) a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans | - |
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| saxophone | (noun) a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | Synonyms: sax |
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| saxophonist | (noun) a musician who plays the saxophone | Synonyms: saxist |
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| scramasax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramaseax, scramsax |
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| scramaseax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramsax |
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| scramsax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramaseax |
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| seax | (noun) a type of sword or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. | - |
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| smilax | (noun) fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration | Synonyms: Asparagus asparagoides |
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| storax | (noun) a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax | - |
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| styrax | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage | - |
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| submaxilla | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | Synonyms: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone |
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| supertax | (noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed | Synonyms: surtax |
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| surtax | (noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed | Synonyms: supertax |
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| (verb) levy an extra tax on | - |
| syntax | (noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences | - |
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| (noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | Synonyms: phrase structure, sentence structure |
| (noun) a systematic orderly arrangement | - |
| tax | (noun) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | Synonyms: revenue enhancement, taxation |
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| (verb) make a charge against or accuse | - |
| (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: task |
| (verb) levy a tax on | - |
| (verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: assess |
| taxability | (noun) liability to taxation | - |
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| taxable | (adjective) (of goods or funds) subject to taxation | Synonyms: nonexempt |
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| taxation | (noun) the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state | - |
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| (noun) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | Synonyms: revenue enhancement, tax |
| (noun) government income due to taxation | Synonyms: revenue, tax income, tax revenue |
| taxer | (noun) a bureaucrat who levies taxes | - |
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| taxi | (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: cab, hack, taxicab |
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| (verb) ride in a taxicab | Synonyms: cab |
| (verb) travel slowly | - |
| taxicab | (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: cab, hack, taxi |
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| taxidermist | (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, stuffer |
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| taxidermy | (noun) the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance | - |
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| taxidriver | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taximan |
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| taximan | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver |
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| taximeter | (noun) a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride) | - |
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| taxing | (adjective) not easily borne; wearing | Synonyms: burdensome, onerous |
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| taxis | (noun) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism | - |
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| (noun) the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part | - |
| taxistand | (noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers | Synonyms: cabstand, taxi rank |
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| taxiway | (noun) a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport | Synonyms: taxi strip |
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| taxman | (noun) someone who collects taxes for the government | Synonyms: collector of internal revenue, exciseman, internal revenue agent, tax collector |
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| taxon | (noun) animal or plant group having natural relations | Synonyms: taxonomic category, taxonomic group |
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| taxonomer | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: systematist, taxonomist |
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| taxonomic | (adjective) of or relating to taxonomy | Synonyms: systematic, taxonomical |
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| taxonomical | (adjective) of or relating to taxonomy | Synonyms: systematic, taxonomic |
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| taxonomically | (adverb) with regard to taxonomy | - |
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| taxonomist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: systematist, taxonomer |
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| taxonomy | (noun) practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships | - |
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| (noun) (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification | - |
| (noun) a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc | - |
| taxpayer | (noun) someone who pays taxes | - |
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| taxpaying | (adjective) not exempt from paying taxes | - |
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| telefax | (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, fax |
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| thorax | (noun) part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs | - |
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| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: chest, pectus |
| (noun) the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen | - |
| toadflax | (noun) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America | Synonyms: butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, wild snapdragon |
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| unlax | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unstrain, unwind |
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| unrelaxed | (adjective) nor relaxed | - |
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| untaxed | (adjective) (of goods or funds) not taxed | Synonyms: tax-exempt, tax-free |
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| unwaxed | (adjective) not waxed | - |
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| wax | (noun) any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water | - |
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| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, rise |
| (verb) increase in phase | Synonyms: full |
| (verb) cover with wax | - |
| waxberry | (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: bayberry, candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry |
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| (noun) deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries | Synonyms: common snowberry, snowberry, Symphoricarpos alba |
| waxed | (adjective) treated with wax | - |
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| waxen | (adjective) made of or covered with wax | Synonyms: waxy |
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| (adjective) having the paleness of wax | Synonyms: waxlike, waxy |
| waxflower | (noun) small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age | Synonyms: Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora |
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| (noun) epiphytic clusia of British Guiana | Synonyms: Clusia insignis |
| (noun) twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions | Synonyms: Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda |
| waxiness | (noun) the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax | - |
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| waxing | (adjective) (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases | - |
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| (noun) the application of wax to a surface | - |
| (noun) a gradual increase in magnitude or extent | - |
| waxlike | (adjective) having the paleness of wax | Synonyms: waxen, waxy |
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| waxmallow | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers | Synonyms: sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow |
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| waxwing | (noun) brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the Northern Hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips | - |
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| waxwork | (noun) an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax | Synonyms: wax figure |
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| (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine |
| waxy | (adjective) easily impressed or influenced | Synonyms: impressible, impressionable |
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| (adjective) made of or covered with wax | Synonyms: waxen |
| (adjective) having the paleness of wax | Synonyms: waxen, waxlike |
| (adjective) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | Synonyms: bendable, pliable, pliant |
| waxycap | (noun) any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance | - |
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| woadwaxen | (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woodwaxen |
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| woodwaxen | (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen |
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