maxillary

maxillary is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
2. noun. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
3. noun. Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
4. noun. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

   Synonyms: maxilla

5. adjective. of or relating to the upper jaw

Synonyms

maxilla

Common word forms

maxillaries

Words from these letters

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