(botany) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers.
haloxylin
hexoylene
hypoxylon
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
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
xenodochy
xenodochy
noun
Reception of strangers; hospitality.
xenophoby
xenophoby
noun
Dated form of xenophobia.
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.
