maxillary
(adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maxillary (not comparable)
Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
Synonym: maxillar
maxillary (plural maxillaries)
The jawbone.
Source: Wiktionary
Max"il*lar, Max"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
– n.
Definition: The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
