(chemistry) the anion CH₃CH₂O⁻ derived from ethanol by the loss of a proton
ethoxies
ethoxyls
ethoxyls
noun
plural of ethoxyl
exhorted
exhorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhort
exhorter
exhorter
noun
(Protestantism) A lay preacher.
(rare) A person who exhorts.
exograph
exonship
exonship
noun
The role or status of an exon.
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
exotheca
exotheca
noun
(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
expolish
expolish
verb
(obsolete, nonce word) To polish thoroughly.
foxholes
foxholes
noun
plural of foxhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foxhole
haloxene
hatboxes
hatboxes
noun
plural of hatbox
hexafoil
hexafoil
noun
A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
hexaglot
hexaglot
adj
(rare) In six languages.
hexagons
hexagons
noun
plural of hexagon
hexapoda
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hexosans
hexosans
noun
plural of hexosan
hoaxable
hoaxable
adj
Able to be hoaxed.
horsebox
horsebox
noun
(UK) A motor vehicle for transporting horses.
(UK, rail transport, obsolete) A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses.
A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea.
horsepox
horsepox
noun
A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus.
hotboxes
hotboxes
noun
plural of hotbox
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hotbox
isohexyl
loucheux
methoxyl
methoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical, CH₃O-, derived from methanol
oxhearts
oxhearts
noun
plural of oxheart
oxyether
oxyethyl
oxyphile
oxyphyte
oxyrhine
phenoxid
phenoxid
noun
Archaic form of phenoxide.
rheopexy
rheopexy
noun
(physics) A rheological phenomenon in which certain colloids solidify more quickly when subjected to shear
thioxene
thioxene
noun
(chemistry) Any of three possible metameric substances that are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
thoraxes
unhoaxed
unhoaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoax
wheelbox
wheelbox
noun
(nautical) A box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.
xanthone
xanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
xenochia
xenolith
xenolith
noun
(geology) any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found
xenophon
xenophon
Proper noun
Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains