(botany) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers.
anthroxan
boxthorns
boxthorns
noun
plural of boxthorn
cathexion
cathexion
noun
cathexis
chronaxia
chronaxie
chronaxie
noun
The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.
endothrix
endothrix
noun
A dermatophyte infection of the hair that invades the hairshaft and internalizes into the hair cell.
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
exorhason
foxhounds
foxhounds
noun
plural of foxhound
haloxylin
hemotoxin
hemotoxin
noun
(chiefly cytology) Any toxin that destroys red blood cells
hexagonal
hexagonal
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
(geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
hexameron
hexameron
noun
(literature) A treatise concerning the biblical creation story.
(theology) The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
(theology) The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
hexammino
hexapodan
hexathlon
hexathlon
noun
(athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events.
hexoylene
homaxonic
hypoxylon
neohexane
oxmanship
oxybaphon
oxyphenol
oxyphenol
noun
(chemistry) A phenol produced by the distillation of catechin; oxyphenic acid or pyrocatechin.
oxyphenyl
oxyphonia
oxyphonia
noun
(medicine) shrillness or high pitch of the voice
oxyrhynch
phenoxide
phenoxide
noun
(chemistry) any metallic salt of a phenol
phoenixes
phoenixes
noun
plural of phoenix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phoenix
phonoplex
saxophone
saxophone
noun
A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
schizaxon
thyroxine
thyroxine
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.
thyroxins
thyroxins
noun
plural of thyroxin
toxaphene
toxaphene
noun
An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent organic pollutant.
xanthione
xanthione
noun
(organic chemistry) The thione analog of xanthine, 9H-xanthene-9-thione
xanthogen
xanthogen
noun
(chemistry, dated) Formerly, a hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.
xanthomas
xanthomas
noun
plural of xanthoma
xanthones
xanthones
noun
plural of xanthone
xanthopia
xanthopia
noun
A visual disorder in which things appear yellowish.
xanthosis
xanthosis
noun
(alchemy) Synonym of citrinitas
(pathology) A yellowish discolouration of tissues undergoing degeneration.
xanthotic
xanthotic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to xanthosis.
xanthoura
xenodochy
xenodochy
noun
Reception of strangers; hospitality.
xenoliths
xenoliths
noun
plural of xenolith
xenophile
xenophile
adj
one who loves strangers or foreigners or foreign cultures
noun
A person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
A person with an interest in celebrating people's differences.
xenophobe
xenophobe
adj
one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
noun
One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
xenophoby
xenophoby
noun
Dated form of xenophobia.
xenophora
xenophora
noun
(biology) Any mollusk of the genus Xenophora.
xylophone
xylophone
noun
(music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
verb
To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.