| ANTHRAX | • anthrax n. (Pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. • anthrax n. The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected… • Anthrax prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – bee flies. |
| HANDAXE | • handaxe n. Alternative form of hand axe. • hand␣axe n. A stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle. • hand␣axe n. (Fantasy, role-playing games) A hatchet or throwing axe. |
| HEXAGON | • hexagon n. (Geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles. • HEXAGON n. a polygon having six sides. |
| HEXANES | • hexanes n. Plural of hexane. • HEXANE n. any one of five hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. |
| HEXOSAN | • hexosan n. (Biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses. • HEXOSAN n. a polysaccharide that yields hexose on hydrolysis. |
| HOAXING | • hoaxing v. Present participle of hoax. • hoaxing n. The perpetration of a hoax. • HOAX v. to deceive. |
| NARTHEX | • narthex n. (Architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches. • Narthex prop.n. (Obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – umbelliferous plants, now included in Ferula… • NARTHEX n. (Greek) a small entrance or porch to a church. |
| PANCHAX | • panchax n. Any of various tropical fish in the cyprinodontiform families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae which… • PANCHAX n. (Latin) any of several kinds of brightly coloured fish, often stocked in aquariums. |
| PHALANX | • phalanx n. (Historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several… • phalanx n. (Historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. • phalanx n. (Plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly… |
| PHARYNX | • pharynx n. (Anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth… • pharynx n. (Zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be… • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| SAXHORN | • saxhorn n. (Music) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves. • SAXHORN n. a brass wind instrument. |
| XANTHAM | • xantham n. Alternative form of xanthan. • XANTHAM n. a gum produced by the culture fermentation of glucose, used as a stabilizer, also XANTHAN. |
| XANTHAN | • xanthan n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium… • XANTHAN n. a gum produced by culture fermentation of glucose, used as a stabilizer, also XANTHAM. |
| XANTHIC | • xanthic adj. Of a yellowish colour. • XANTHIC adj. having a yellow tint. |
| XANTHIN | • xanthin n. Alternative spelling of xanthine. • XANTHIN n. a white substance, structurally related to uric acid, found in muscle tissue, the liver and other organs, also XANTHINE. |