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Submaxillary (medicine) and romance(2) (iou)


Submaxillary (medicine)


submaxillary
<anatomy> Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.

Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.

Source: Websters Dictionary


romance(2) (iou)



romance verb. LME.
[from ROMANCE noun & adjective.]
verb intrans. Recite a romance. Only in LME.
verb intrans.
a. Exaggerate or distort the truth, esp. fantastically; talk hyperbolically. L17.
Smollett The fellow romanced a little,..to render the adventure the more marvellous.
b. Have romantic or fantastic ideas; use romantic or extravagant language. M19.
verb trans. Have a romance or love affair with; court, woo. Also, seek to persuade (a rival, client, etc.), esp. by attentiveness or flattery; court the favour of. M20.
B. Holiday I was accused of romancing everyone in the band. Daily Telegraph Investors..romanced with..the glitz and glamour that attend privatisation campaigns.
romancer noun (a) a writer of a romance or romances, esp. in the medieval period; (b) an inventor of extravagant fictions, a fantastic liar; (c) rare a romantic person: ME.
romancing verbal noun the action of the verb; esp. the use of extravagant Fiction or invention: LME.