(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
boxholm
ethoxyl
ethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH₃-CH₂-O- derived from ethanol
exhaled
exhaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhale
exhales
exhales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhale
foxhall
foxhole
foxhole
noun
(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
verb
(transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.
(transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.
foxholm
halifax
halifax
Proper noun
an industrial town in Yorkshire, England, 20km south-east of Leeds.
the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada.
a small town in North Carolina, USA
a town in Virginia, USA
helixes
helixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helix
helixin
hellbox
hellbox
noun
(military, slang) A blasting machine producing an electrical charge for a detonation.
(printing, historical) A receptacle where cast metal sorts were thrown after printing.
hexanal
hexanal
noun
(organic chemistry) Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal
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.
hexitol
hexitol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any polyol derived from a hexose
hexylic
hexylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from a hexane
mixhill
mixhill
noun
A mixen or dunghill.
oxyphil
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.
philcox
phloxes
phloxes
noun
plural of phlox
phloxin
sixthly
sixthly
adv
In the sixth place; sixth in a row.
soxhlet
soxhlet
Noun
A Soxhlet extractor
xanthyl
xanthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from xanthine.