| ASPHYXIANT | • asphyxiant adj. That can cause asphyxiation. • asphyxiant n. Any substance that can cause asphyxia. • ASPHYXIANT n. an agent causing asphyxiation. |
| ASPHYXIATE | • asphyxiate v. (Transitive) To smother or suffocate someone. • asphyxiate v. (Intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated. • ASPHYXIATE v. to cause asphyxia in. |
| ASPHYXYING | • asphyxying v. Present participle of asphyxy. • ASPHYXY v. to suffer defective aeration of the blood caused by failure of the oxygen supply, also ASPHYXIA. |
| BRACHYAXES | • BRACHYAXIS n. in crystallography, the shorter lateral axis. |
| BRACHYAXIS | • BRACHYAXIS n. in crystallography, the shorter lateral axis. |
| HEXADECYLS | • hexadecyls n. Plural of hexadecyl. • HEXADECYL n. another name for the radical cetyl. |
| HEXAGYNOUS | • hexagynous adj. (Botany) Having six styles. • HEXAGYNOUS adj. having six pistils, also HEXAGYNIAN. |
| HEXASTYLES | • hexastyles n. Plural of hexastyle. • HEXASTYLE n. a portico having six columns in front. |
| HYDROTAXES | • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYDROTAXIS | • hydrotaxis n. (Biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water. • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYPOXEMIAS | • hypoxemias n. Plural of hypoxemia. • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| PHYLAXISES | • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| XANTHOXYLS | • XANTHOXYL n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also ZANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYLUM. |
| XYLOGRAPHS | • xylographs n. Plural of xylograph. • XYLOGRAPH n. an engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography. |
| XYLOPHAGES | • xylophages n. Plural of xylophage. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |
| ZANTHOXYLS | • ZANTHOXYL n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also XANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYLUM. |