(physiology) A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
anoxybiotic
anoxybiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anoxybiosis.
anthraxylon
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
archosyrinx
asteroxylon
chalcedonyx
chalcedonyx
noun
(mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony.
cyclohexane
cyclohexane
noun
(organic chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
dendrohyrax
deoxygenate
deoxygenate
verb
(transitive, physiology) To remove dissolved oxygen from (something, such as water or blood).
examinatory
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
explanatory
explanatory
adj
(of a person) Disposed to explain.
Intended to serve as an explanation.
explanitory
extenuatory
extenuatory
adj
Tending to extenuate or palliate.
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
gymnothorax
hematoxylin
hematoxylin
noun
(medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₄O₆, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
hexagonally
hexagonally
adv
In a hexagonal manner
hydroxamino
hypopharynx
hypopharynx
noun
(anatomy) bottom part of the pharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus
hypoxanthic
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
myxoneuroma
myxophycean
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
nonsexually
nonsexually
adv
In a nonsexual manner.
overanxiety
overanxiety
noun
Excessive anxiety.
oxyacanthin
oxycinnamic
oxycoumarin
oxygenating
oxygenating
verb
present participle of oxygenate
oxygenation
oxygenation
noun
The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen.
oxygenators
oxygenators
noun
plural of oxygenator
oxygnathous
oxygnathous
adj
Having a smooth jaw
oxyhaematin
oxymandelic
oxyrrhyncha
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
photosyntax
photosyntax
noun
(archaic) photosynthesis
phylloxeran
phylloxeran
noun
Any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
phytoalexin
phytoalexin
noun
(medicine) any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms
pyoxanthose
pyoxanthose
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A greenish-yellow crystalline colouring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
reoxygenate
reoxygenate
verb
(transitive) To oxygenate again or anew.
saxonically
sialosyrinx
unanxiously
unanxiously
adv
In an unanxious way; without anxiety.
untoxically
xanthophyll
xanthophyll
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) Lutein.
xanthoxylin
xanthoxylin
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) The active principle of the prickly ash (formerly in genus Xanthoxylum, now Zanthoxylum).
zanthoxylum
zanthoxylum
noun
Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
