Agalaxy :: Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Earth Flax :: Earth flax () A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.

Flax :: Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed..

Flax :: Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing..

Flax-plant :: Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth..

Flaxen :: Flaxen (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair..

Flaxseed :: Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.

Flaxweed :: Flaxweed (n.) See Toadflax.

Flaxy :: Flaxy (a.) Like flax; flaxen.

Galaxies :: Galaxies (pl. ) of Galax.

Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..

Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things.

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Lax :: Lax (n.) A looseness; diarrhea.

Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..

Laxative :: Laxative (n.) A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.

Laxativeness :: Laxativeness (n.) The quality of being laxative.

Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..

Laxity :: Laxity (a.) The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness..

Laxly :: Laxly (adv.) In a lax manner.

Laxness :: Laxness (n.) The state of being lax; laxity.

Malax :: Malax (v. t.) Alt. of Malaxat.

Malaxate :: Malaxate (v. t.) To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner substance.

Malaxation :: Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.

Malaxator :: Malaxator (n.) One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass..

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