| EXPIATORY | • expiatory adj. Of or pertaining to expiation. • EXPIATORY adj. having power, or intended, to make expiation. |
| HYPOTAXES | • hypotaxes n. Plural of hypotaxis. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| HYPOTAXIS | • hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| HYPOXEMIA | • hypoxemia n. (Medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure… • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| MASTOPEXY | • mastopexy n. (Surgery) Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman’s breast. • MASTOPEXY n. cosmetic surgery of breasts. |
| PAROXYSMS | • paroxysms n. Plural of paroxysm. • PAROXYSM n. a sudden fit or attack. |
| PHOTOTAXY | • phototaxy n. Phototaxis. • PHOTOTAXY n. the movement of an entire organism in response to light. |
| PLEIOTAXY | • PLEIOTAXY n. an increase in the whorls of a flower. |
| POLYAXIAL | • polyaxial adj. Having more than one axis. • polyaxial adj. (Botany) Axial about more than one axis. • POLYAXIAL n. a shape having many axes or several axis cylinders. |
| POLYAXONS | • polyaxons n. Plural of polyaxon. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| PYRIDOXAL | • pyridoxal n. (Biochemistry) One of the three natural forms of vitamin B6. • PYRIDOXAL n. a crystalline aldehyde of the vitamin B6 group. |
| XEROPHAGY | • xerophagy n. A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline. • XEROPHAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. food cooked without oil. |
| XYLOCARPS | • xylocarps n. Plural of xylocarp. • XYLOCARP n. a hard woody fruit. |
| XYLOGRAPH | • xylograph n. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). • xylograph n. A print taken from such an engraving. • xylograph v. (Transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |