(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
foxtrot
foxtrot
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
verb
To dance the foxtrot.
frixion
gearbox
gearbox
noun
An enclosed gear train.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
hoaxers
hoaxers
noun
plural of hoaxer
huxford
hydroxy
hydroxy
adj
(chemistry) Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
noun
(informal, pharmacology) Clipping of hydroxychloroquine.
lacroix
laxator
laxator
noun
(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.
levroux
marcoux
oratrix
oratrix
noun
(obsolete) A female plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading
overfix
overfix
verb
(transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
overlax
overlax
adj
Excessively lax.
overmix
overmix
verb
To mix too thoroughly
overtax
overtax
verb
To overburden.
To tax to an excessive degree.
oxberry
oxbiter
oxbrake
oxcarts
oxcarts
noun
plural of oxcart
oxfords
oxfords
noun
plural of oxford
oxheart
oxheart
noun
A large heart-shaped cherry.
oxymora
oxymora
noun
plural of oxymoron
oxyurid
oxyurid
noun
(zoology) Any of the order Oxyurida of nematode worms.
paradox
paradox
noun
(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
(uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
(uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
paraxon
peroxid
peroxid
noun
Archaic form of peroxide.
peroxyl
peroxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent radical, R-O-O-, derived from a peroxide
plexors
plexors
noun
plural of plexor
praecox
praecox
noun
dementia praecox
princox
princox
noun
Alternative form of princock
proplex
propoxy
protext
proxeny
proxeny
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
proxied
proxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proxy
proxies
proxies
noun
plural of proxy
proxima
proxime
proxime
adj
(obsolete) next; immediately preceding or following
proximo
proximo
adv
Of next month.
proxysm
redoxes
redoxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redox
rexford
rexford
Proper noun
A city in Kansas.
A town in Montana.
A hamlet in New York.
rexmond
rexmont
rexroth
rixford
roubaix
roubaix
Proper noun
Toponym of an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
roxanna
roxanna
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Roxana.
roxanne
roxanne
Proper noun
name; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s.
roxboro
roxbury
roxbury
Proper noun
A town in Connecticut
A town in Maine
A town in New Hampshire
A town in New York
A community in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Vermont
A town in Wisconsin
roxobel
saxhorn
saxhorn
noun
(music) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves
sextuor
sextuor
noun
(music) A sextet.
taxator
textron
tortrix
tortrix
noun
(entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae
toxifer
triaxon
triaxon
noun
A triaxonal spicule of a sponge.
trionyx
trioxid
trioxid
noun
Archaic form of trioxide.
troxell
truxton
urotoxy
urotoxy
noun
urotoxic unit
uxorial
uxorial
adj
(comparable) Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
waxwork
waxwork
noun
(countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
(uncountable) The art of producing such figures.
waxworm
waxworm
noun
A larva of a wax moth
A larva of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
werefox
werefox
noun
(mythology) A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.
wexford
wexford
Proper noun
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Wexford, Ireland.
workbox
workbox
noun
(figurative) A set of skills and approaches.
A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
xerogel
xerogel
noun
a solid formed by the dehydration of a gel
xeronic
xeronic
adj
Relating to xeronic acid or its derivatives
xeroses
xeroses
noun
plural of xerosis
xerosis
xerosis
noun
(medicine) dryness
xerotes
xerotes
noun
(pathology) A general dryness of the body
xerotic
xerotic
adj
(medicine) dry
xeroxed
xeroxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xerox
xeroxes
xeroxes
noun
plural of xerox
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of xerox