(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
verb
present participle of box
boxings
boxings
noun
plural of boxing
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
excogitable
excogitable
adj
imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of
exobiological
exobiological
adj
Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
exobiologies
exobiologies
noun
plural of exobiology
exobiologist
exobiologist
noun
A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
exobiologists
exobiologists
noun
plural of exobiologist
exobiology
exobiology
noun
(biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.
gobiesox
kickboxings
letterboxing
letterboxing
noun
A hobby in which participants attempt to locate small boxes containing rubber stamps by following clues.
verb
present participle of letterbox
nonexchangeability
nonexchangeability
noun
The property of not being exchangeable.
nonextinguishable
objurgatrix
outboxing
outboxing
verb
present participle of outbox
oxbridge
oxbridge
Proper noun
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively, in contrast to redbrick universities.
oxygenizable
oxygenizable
adj
(chemistry, archaic) oxidizable
oxyhaemoglobin
oxyhaemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.
oxyhemoglobin
oxyhemoglobin
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of oxyhaemoglobin
proboxing
roxburghiaceae
roxburghshire
roxburghshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland abolished in 1975, and now a part of the Scottish Borders council area.
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
unboxing
unboxing
noun
(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.
The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
verb
present participle of unbox
unexcogitable
unexcogitable
adj
inconceivable
xenobiologies
xenobiology
xenobiology
noun
The biology of life forms with non-standard biochemistry or codes.
The speculative biology of extraterrestrial life forms.