Maxillary is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MAXILLARY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a bone of the jaw
• The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
• Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
• the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
ADJECTIVE:
• of or relating to the jaw
• relating to the maxillae of an arthropod
• of or attached to a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper jaw
• Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
• of or relating to the upper jaw
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• jaw 1a an upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused; either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth

Words related to MAXILLARY

maxilla16 maxillaries20

Words that contain MAXILLARY

premaxillary26 submaxillary26 oromaxillary24 inframaxillary29 intermaxillary26 supramaxillary28

How to use MAXILLARY in a sentence

• High cheek bones and prominent maxillary muscles enhanced the truculence indicated by his chin.
• The first mound contained three adult human skeletons, a few fragments of the skeleton of a child, the lower maxillary of which indicated it to be about six years old.
• The strange conformation of the maxillary bones gave the lower part of this face a resemblance to that of the larger species of apes.
• He could shift to either Foot and he kept his Maxillary covered.
• The maxillary widens towards its lower end, which curves a little forwards.
• Near Point Inscription, I found a native skull on the shore, with forearm, left tibia, and a portion of the inferior maxillary.

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