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Maxim :: Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.

Sentiment :: Sentiment (a.) A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast..

Dignity :: Dignity (n.) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.

Uncontrollable :: Uncontrollable (a.) Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title..

Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..

Protasis :: Protasis (n.) A proposition; a maxim.

Maximization :: Maximization (n.) The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.

Apsis :: Apsis (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum..

Read :: Read (v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede..

Stoicism :: Stoicism (n.) The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.

Fitly :: Fitly (adv.) In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied..

Cloaca :: Cloaca (n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome..

Gnome :: Gnome (n.) A brief reflection or maxim.

Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions..

Turbot :: Turbot (n.) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke..

Minimum :: Minimum (n.) The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum..

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Hartwort :: Hartwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).

Domebook :: Domebook (n.) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments..

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