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— English words —

• climax n. (Originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
• climax n. (Obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
• climax n. (Narratology) The culmination of a narrative’s rising action, the turning point.
• climax n. (Now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly…
• climax v. (Transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
• Climax prop.n. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• Climax prop.n. A number of places in the United States…

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • climax n. Climax.

— English words, defined in French —

• climax n. Cime, point culminant, sommet, acmé.
• climax n. Comble.
• climax n. Orgasme.
• climax v. Mener à son comble.
• climax v. Jouir, atteindre l’orgasme.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• climax s. Clímax.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• climax s. Climax.

— In Dutch —

• climax n. (Letterkunde) iets cruciaals waar in de loop van het verhaal…
• climax n. Een opsomming waarbij de opgesomde delen geleidelijk in sterkte toenemen.
• climax n. (Biologie) het einde van een ecologische successie waarbij…
• climax n. Maximale waarde, uiterste.

— In French —

• climax n.m. (Rhétorique) Point culminant d’une énumération progressive…
• climax n.m. (Biogéographie, Écologie, Phytosociologie) État final d’une…
• climax n.m. (Prestidigitation) Temps final particulièrement surprenant…
• climax n.m. (Musique) Trait où deux parties vont à la tierce en montant…
• climax n.m. (Musique) Trait de chant qui est répété plusieurs fois…

— In Spanish —

• clímax s. Momento o punto más elevado o intenso en un proceso, especialmente…
• clímax s. Retórica. Figura consistente en aumentar gradualmente la…
• clímax s. Sensación física y emocional que se experimenta en el punto…
• clímax s. Ecología. Estado estable y sostenible de un sistema ecológico.

— In Portuguese —

• clímax s. O grau mais elevado, grau máximo.

— In Italian —

• climax s. (Linguistica) gradazione o serie di termini, di intensità…
• climax s. Momento culminante.

51 English words from 8 English definitions

acme action A␣number␣of any arranged ascending bring bring␣to Canada climax culmination device instance intransitive last Lone Municipality narrative Narratology Now number Obsolete of␣a often order Originally particularly places point reach rhetoric rhetorical rhetorical␣device rising rising␣action Rural Saskatchewan sense series States such term the Transitive Tree turning turning␣point United United␣States village which

28 English words from 23 foreign definitions

à␣la chant Climax comble culminant een est Estado Figura final het loop Momento montant Musique parties point Prestidigitation progressive punto que serie son Temps termini tierce Trait van

64 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

acmé atteindre aumentar Biogéographie Biologie Cime Clímax consistente culminante delen deux Ecología ecológico Écologie einde elevado emocional énumération especialmente estable État experimenta física fois geleidelijk gradazione gradualmente grau iets intensità intenso Jouir Letterkunde Linguistica mais más Maximale máximo Mener opsomming orgasme particulièrement Phytosociologie plusieurs point␣culminant proceso qui répété Retórica Rhétorique Sensación sistema sommet sterkte successie surprenant toenemen uiterste une verhaal vont waar waarbij waarde

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

climaxed climaxer climaxes climaxers climaxing climaxless climax␣community climax␣communities

8 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unclimaxed disclimaxes subclimaxes anticlimaxes anti-climaxes miniclimaxes paraclimaxes plagioclimaxes

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

disclimax preclimax subclimax anticlimax anti-climax miniclimax monoclimax paraclimax polyclimax postclimax plagioclimax

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CLI ima Ima IMA i'ma I'ma Ima' i'm'a I'm'a I'm-a I'm␣a I'm␣a' IMAX Lim -lim- lima Lima max Max MAX -max max.

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AMI amil mil Mil MIL mil. MILC

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

exclaim

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

calix Calix claim Laxmi malic XACML

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