9-Letter Words Containing: I,X,I,A,N

• a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

• the decisive moment in a novel or play

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• the most severe stage of a disease

• arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

• end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

• In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.

• To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• make amends for

• of or relating to or serving as an index

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• the activity of fastening something firmly in position

• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body