| ASPHYXIATE | • asphyxiate v. (Transitive) To smother or suffocate someone. • asphyxiate v. (Intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated. • ASPHYXIATE v. to cause asphyxia in. |
| BRACHYAXES | • BRACHYAXIS n. in crystallography, the shorter lateral axis. |
| HETEROTAXY | • heterotaxy n. (Dated) heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXY n. the abnormal disposition of organs or parts, also HETEROTAXIA. |
| HEXADECYLS | • hexadecyls n. Plural of hexadecyl. • HEXADECYL n. another name for the radical cetyl. |
| HEXAGYNIAN | • HEXAGYNIAN adj. having six pistils, also HEXAGYNOUS. |
| HEXAGYNOUS | • hexagynous adj. (Botany) Having six styles. • HEXAGYNOUS adj. having six pistils, also HEXAGYNIAN. |
| HEXAPLOIDY | • hexaploidy n. The property of being hexaploid. • HEXAPLOIDY n. the state of having six times the normal number of chromosomes. |
| HEXASTYLES | • hexastyles n. Plural of hexastyle. • HEXASTYLE n. a portico having six columns in front. |
| HYDROTAXES | • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYPOXAEMIA | • hypoxaemia n. Alternative spelling of hypoxemia. • HYPOXAEMIA n. a deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| HYPOXAEMIC | • hypoxaemic adj. Alternative form of hypoxemic. • HYPOXAEMIC adj. relating to hypoxaemia, a deficiency of oxygenation of the blood. |
| HYPOXEMIAS | • hypoxemias n. Plural of hypoxemia. • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| LEXIGRAPHY | • lexigraphy n. (Uncountable) The representation of words in writing. • lexigraphy n. (Countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words. • LEXIGRAPHY n. the art of the definition of words. |
| OXYCEPHALY | • oxycephaly n. A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture… • OXYCEPHALY n. the condition of having a conical skull. |
| PHYLAXISES | • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| PHYLLOXERA | • phylloxera n. An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is… • Phylloxera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Phylloxeridae. • PHYLLOXERA n. a kind of beetle, a pest of vineyards. |
| XEROGRAPHY | • xerography n. A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred… • XEROGRAPHY n. a nonchemical photographic process in which the plate is sensitized electrically and developed by dusting with electrically-charged fine powder. |
| XYLOPHAGES | • xylophages n. Plural of xylophage. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |