| AUXOTROPHS | • auxotrophs n. Plural of auxotroph. • AUXOTROPH n. an auxotrophic strain or individual, i.e. one requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| ECHOPRAXES | • ECHOPRAXIS n. in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions, also ECHOPRAXIA. |
| ECHOPRAXIS | • ECHOPRAXIS n. in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions, also ECHOPRAXIA. |
| EXOPHAGIES | • EXOPHAGY n. a cannibal custom of eating other than one's kin. |
| EXOPHAGOUS | • exophagous adj. Exhibiting or relating to exophagy. • EXOPHAGOUS adj. relating to exophagy, cannibalism outside one's own group. |
| HEXAPLOIDS | • hexaploids n. Plural of hexaploid. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPODIES | • hexapodies n. Plural of hexapody. • HEXAPODY n. a line of verse with six feet. |
| HYPOXEMIAS | • hypoxemias n. Plural of hypoxemia. • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| PHOTOTAXES | • phototaxes n. Plural of phototaxis. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| PHOTOTAXIS | • phototaxis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| SAXOPHONES | • saxophones n. Plural of saxophone. • SAXOPHONE n. a jazz and dance band instrument with a reed, an S-shaped (properly metal) tube, and about twenty finger-keys. |
| SAXOPHONIC | • saxophonic adj. Of or pertaining to the saxophone. • SAXOPHONIC adj. of or like a saxophone. |
| TOXAPHENES | • toxaphenes n. Plural of toxaphene. • TOXAPHENE n. chlorinated camphene used as an insecticide. |
| XANTHOPSIA | • xanthopsia n. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. • XANTHOPSIA n. a visual condition where things appear yellow. |
| XIPHOPAGUS | • xiphopagus adj. (Of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Uncountable) The condition of being such a twin. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |
| 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. |