CHOENIXES | • choenixes n. Plural of choenix. • chœnixes n. Plural of chœnix. • CHOENIX n. (Greek) an ancient Greek measurement. |
CHRONAXIE | • chronaxie n. The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell. • CHRONAXIE n. a time constant in the excitation of a nerve or muscle, also CHRONAXY. |
EXHORTING | • exhorting v. Present participle of exhort. • exhorting n. Exhortation. • EXHORT v. to admonish earnestly. |
FOXHUNTED | • foxhunted v. Simple past tense and past participle of foxhunt. • FOXHUNT v. to hunt foxes with hounds. |
FOXHUNTER | • foxhunter n. One who hunts foxes. • FOXHUNTER n. one who hunts foxes. |
HEMOTOXIN | • hemotoxin n. (Chiefly cytology) Any toxin that destroys red blood cells. • HEMOTOXIN n. a substance that destroys red blood cells. |
HEXAGONAL | • hexagonal adj. (Geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon. • hexagonal adj. (Crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses… • HEXAGONAL adj. having six sides and six angles. |
HEXATHLON | • hexathlon n. (Athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events. • HEXATHLON n. an athletic contest comprising six events. |
PHENOXIDE | • phenoxide n. (Chemistry) any metallic salt of a phenol. • PHENOXIDE n. a salt of a phenol, esp. in its capacity as a weak acid. |
PHOENIXES | • phoenixes n. Plural of phoenix. • phoenixes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phoenix. • phœnixes n. Plural of phœnix. |
SAXOPHONE | • saxophone n. A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a… • SAXOPHONE n. a jazz and dance band instrument with a reed, an S-shaped (properly metal) tube, and about twenty finger-keys. |
TEXTPHONE | • textphone n. (Britain) A telephone with a simple keyboard and a small screen, used by the deaf. • TEXTPHONE n. a phone that can transmit text messages. |
THYROXINE | • thyroxine n. (Biochemistry) A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates… • THYROXINE n. an iodine compound, a hormone forming the active principle of the thyroid gland, also THYROXIN. |
TOXAPHENE | • toxaphene n. An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent… • TOXAPHENE n. chlorinated camphene used as an insecticide. |
XANTHONES | • xanthones n. Plural of xanthone. • XANTHONE n. a ketone analogue of xanthene which forms the basis of various natural pigments. |
XENOLITHS | • xenoliths n. Plural of xenolith. • XENOLITH n. (Greek) a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
XENOPHILE | • xenophile n. A person who has a love of foreign people and culture. • xenophile n. A person with an interest in celebrating people’s differences. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • XENOPHILE n. one who loves foreigners. |
XENOPHOBE | • xenophobe n. One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners. • XENOPHOBE n. one who hates foreigners. |
XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |
XYLOPHONE | • xylophone n. (Music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the… • xylophone v. To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone. • xylophone v. To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and… |