(anatomy) The curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.
asphyxial
asphyxial
adj
Of or relating to asphyxia.
axlesmith
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
boxholder
boxholder
noun
A renter of a post office box.
An owner of a box in a theatre/theater, stadium, etc.
boxwallah
boxwallah
noun
(India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk.
calothrix
exhalable
exhalable
adj
Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.
exhalants
exhalants
noun
plural of exhalant
exhalents
exhalents
noun
plural of exhalent
exothecal
exothecal
adj
Relating to the exotheca.
flaxwench
fluxgraph
haloxylin
hellboxes
hellboxes
noun
plural of hellbox
hexacolic
hexadecyl
hexadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from hexadecane
hexagonal
hexagonal
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
(geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
hexameral
hexameral
adj
(biblical) Relating to the hexameron.
hexaploid
hexaploid
adj
Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
noun
A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes
hexapodal
hexapodal
adj
Having six legs.
hexastyle
hexastyle
adj
(architecture) having six columns at the front on the portico
noun
(architecture) A temple or portico with six columns in front.
hexathlon
hexathlon
noun
(athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events.
hexestrol
hexestrol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic non-steroidal estrogen of the stilbestrol group, formerly used to treat estrogen deficiency.
hexiology
hexiology
noun
(obsolete) The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
hexoylene
hydroxyls
hydroxyls
noun
plural of hydroxyl
hypoxylon
lagothrix
leiothrix
leiothrix
noun
Either of two babblers of the genus Leiothrix within the family Leiothrichidae.
lepothrix
lithoxyle
lophortyx
minxishly
minxishly
adv
In a minxish manner.
oxyhalide
oxyhalide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any anion (and corresponding salt) in which a central atom is bonded to both oxygen and a halogen
oxyhaloid
oxyphenol
oxyphenol
noun
(chemistry) A phenol produced by the distillation of catechin; oxyphenic acid or pyrocatechin.
oxyphenyl
oxyphiles
oxyphilic
oxyphilic
adj
Having an affinity for oxygen.
phalanxed
phalanxes
phonoplex
pompholix
pompholix
noun
Alternative form of pompholyx
pompholyx
pompholyx
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide
(medicine) dyshidrosis
prehallux
prehallux
noun
(anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.
sulphoxid
toxophile
toxophile
adj
Alternative spelling of toxophil
toxophily
toxophily
noun
The love of, or an addiction to, archery
unexhaled
unexhaled
adj
Not exhaled.
xenoliths
xenoliths
noun
plural of xenolith
xenophile
xenophile
adj
one who loves strangers or foreigners or foreign cultures
noun
A person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
A person with an interest in celebrating people's differences.
xerophile
xerophile
noun
Any xerophilic organism.
xerophily
xerophily
noun
Quality of being xerophilic.
xiphoidal
xiphoidal
adj
xiphoid; sword-shaped
xylograph
xylograph
noun
A print taken from such an engraving.
An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
verb
(transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood.
xylophaga
xylophage
xylophage
noun
(biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood.
xylophone
xylophone
noun
(music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
verb
To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.