(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
verb
Rare form of asphyxiate.
foxchop
foxship
foxship
noun
(Used as a mock title) The fox.
The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
hapaxes
hapaxes
noun
plural of hapax
hexaped
hexaped
noun
A hexapod.
hexapla
hexapla
noun
A text presented in six parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Old Testament presented in such a fashion by Origen.
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.
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.
hypoxic
hypoxic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.
Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
hypoxis
oxphony
oxyphil
panchax
panchax
noun
Any of various tropical fish in the cyprinodontiform families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae which were formerly classified in the genus Panchax.
pemphix
phalanx
phalanx
noun
(anatomy, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
(plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
pharynx
pharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
(zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
phenoxy
phenoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom
philcox
phloxes
phloxes
noun
plural of phlox
phloxin
phoenix
phoenix
noun
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
(obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
verb
(Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
phrixus
phyxius
pixyish
pixyish
adj
Like a pixy or pixie.
xiphias
xiphias
noun
Synonym of swordfish
xiphiid
xiphiid
noun
(zoology) A fish in the family Xiphiidae; a swordfish.