(organic chemistry) A univalent radical R-COO-, derived from a carboxylic acid
adoxies
alkoxid
alkoxyl
alkoxyl
noun
The alkoxy radical
alloxan
alloxan
noun
(biochemistry) An oxidation product of uric acid, 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone, capable of inducing diabetes by destroying pancreatic tissue
aloxite
aloxite
noun
Synonym of aluminium oxide
amidoxy
anaxone
anorexy
anorexy
noun
Archaic form of anorexia.
anoxias
anoxias
noun
plural of anoxia
anxious
anxious
adj
(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
Earnestly desirous.
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
Nervous and worried.
apoplex
apoplex
noun
Obsolete form of apoplexy.
auxotox
axiform
axogamy
axolotl
axolotl
noun
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
axoneme
axoneme
noun
(biology) A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
axonost
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
azoxime
azoxine
bandbox
bandbox
noun
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.
baxtone
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
boraxes
boraxes
noun
plural of borax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax
boxball
boxball
noun
Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court.
boxcars
boxcars
noun
(slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice.
plural of boxcar
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
boxhead
boxhead
noun
(UK, military, slang, dated) A German person.
boxiana
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
broadax
broadax
noun
Alternative spelling of broadaxe
brodnax
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
calixto
carboxy
carboxy
noun
(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
carefox
casebox
casebox
noun
A box or shoe from which playing cards are dealt in the game of faro
cashbox
cashbox
noun
(slang) A toll booth.
A box for holding cash.
chamoix
claxons
claxons
noun
plural of claxon
claxton
coalbox
coalbox
noun
A box for storing coal.
coannex
coaxers
coaxers
noun
plural of coaxer
coaxial
coaxial
adj
(geometry) Having a common central axis
noun
A coaxial cable
coaxing
coaxing
noun
The act of one who coaxes.
verb
present participle of coax
colauxe
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
coxalgy
coxalgy
noun
Dated form of coxalgia.
coxwain
demonax
diaxone
dioxane
dioxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
eudoxia
exactor
exactor
noun
A person who collects taxes.
A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
exogamy
exogamy
noun
(biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
exogyra
exonian
exonian
Noun
A student or graduate of the University of Exeter, England.
A student or graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, England.
A current or past student of Exeter School, England.
A current or past student of Phillips Exeter Academy, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the city of Exeter, England.
A native or inhabitant of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the former Village of Exeter, in Green County, Wisconsin, USA.
exorate
exordia
exordia
noun
plural of exordium
exormia
exostra
exotica
exotica
noun
(music) A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific.
curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
plural of exotic
exposal
exposal
noun
(archaic) exposure
exradio
exradio
noun
(obsolete) Obsolete form of radon (“radon-222”).; an isotope of radon (element 86)
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
flaxton
foxbane
foxhall
foxtail
foxtail
noun
(metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
The tail of a fox.
Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
gearbox
gearbox
noun
An enclosed gear train.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
geotaxy
glyoxal
glyoxal
noun
(organic chemistry) The dialdehyde ethanedial derived from ethylene glycol; it is used in the preparation of modified starch for the paper industry.
goatpox
goatpox
noun
A viral disease of goats, resembling sheeppox.
headbox
headbox
noun
A device for distributing a suspension of solids in water to a machine at a constant rate, or for retarding the rate of flow, as to a top-feed filter, or for eliminating by overflow some of the finest particles.
Synonym of headrail
The topmost square of a USPSA target holding the B and A scoring zones.
hexagon
hexagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
hexapod
hexapod
adj
Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
noun
(dated) An insect.
An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
hexaxon
hexosan
hexosan
noun
(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.
hoaxers
hoaxers
noun
plural of hoaxer
hoaxing
hoaxing
noun
The perpetration of a hoax.
verb
present participle of hoax
hypoxia
hypoxia
noun
(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia
A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.
isazoxy
ixodian
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jouhaux
klaxons
klaxons
noun
plural of klaxon
knoxian
knoxian
Adjective
Of or relating to (c. 1514–1572), Scottish clergyman and a leader of the considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
lacroix
laxator
laxator
noun
(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.
loxomma
mailbox
mailbox
noun
(computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
marcoux
maximon
maximon
noun
(physics) A hypothetical elementary particle of maximum mass in the mass spectrum of elementary particles having mass of 5 × 10²⁸ eV.
monaxon
monaxon
noun
A monaxonal spicule of a sponge.
myxomas
myxomas
noun
plural of myxoma
noxally
noxally
adv
(law) In terms of wrongful injury.
oratrix
oratrix
noun
(obsolete) A female plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading
overlax
overlax
adj
Excessively lax.
overtax
overtax
verb
To overburden.
To tax to an excessive degree.
oxalate
oxalate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
verb
To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.
oxalato
oxalite
oxalite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.
oxamate
oxamate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of oxamic acid.
oxamide
oxamide
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.
oxanate
oxazine
oxazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
oxazole
oxazole
noun
(organic chemistry) A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds; the 1,3- isomer is aromatic
oxbrake
oxcarts
oxcarts
noun
plural of oxcart
oxheart
oxheart
noun
A large heart-shaped cherry.
oxidant
oxidant
noun
an oxidizing agent
oxidase
oxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.
oxidate
oxidate
noun
(dated, chemistry) An oxide.
verb
(dated, chemistry) To oxidize.
oximate
oximate
verb
(organic chemistry) To cause, or to undergo oximation
oxonian
oxonian
adj
(mineralogy) Containing oxygen.
oxtails
oxtails
noun
plural of oxtail
oxyacid
oxyacid
noun
(chemistry) An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid.
oxyaena
oxydase
oxymora
oxymora
noun
plural of oxymoron
oxyopia
oxyopia
noun
Excessive acuteness of sight.
oxysalt
oxysalt
noun
(chemistry) A salt of an oxyacid.
paradox
paradox
noun
(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
(uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
(uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
paraxon
paxinos
playbox
playbox
noun
A box for storing playthings; a toybox.
polaxis
poleaxe
poleaxe
noun
(historical) A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike.
An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle.
verb
(transitive) To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe.
(transitive, figurative) To astonish; to shock or surprise utterly.
(transitive, figurative) To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze.
praecox
praecox
noun
dementia praecox
proxima
roubaix
roubaix
Proper noun
Toponym of an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
roxanna
roxanna
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Roxana.
roxanne
roxanne
Proper noun
name; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s.
saltbox
saltbox
noun
(UK, slang, historical) The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.
(US) a distinctively-shaped wooden-frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England
A box for keeping salt in.
A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
sandbox
sandbox
noun
(US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
(US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.
(Wikimedia jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
(computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
(rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
An animal's litter box.
verb
(computing, transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
saxhorn
saxhorn
noun
(music) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves
saxonic
saxonic
Adjective
Relating to the Saxons or Anglo-Saxons.
saxonly
soapbox
soapbox
noun
(figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
(figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.
(literally) A crate for packing soap.
A soapbox car.
verb
To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.
squaxon
taxator
texhoma
thaxton
toxamin
toxamin
noun
(medicine, dated) A hypothetical substance in cereals that interferes with calcium and phosphorus metabolism and leads to rickets.
toxcatl
toxemia
toxemia
noun
Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.
toxical
toxical
adj
Archaic form of toxic.
toxotae
triaxon
triaxon
noun
A triaxonal spicule of a sponge.
uxorial
uxorial
adj
(comparable) Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.