| DESOXY | • desoxy- pref. Alternative spelling of deoxy-. • DESOXY adj. having less oxygen than its parent compound, also DEOXY. |
| EXTASY | • extasy n. Obsolete form of ecstasy. • EXTASY n. a state of rapture. |
| HEXYLS | • hexyls n. Plural of hexyl. • HEXYL n. a radical derived from a hexose. |
| JYNXES | • JYNX n. the wryneck, a bird related to the woodpecker. |
| LYNXES | • lynxes n. Plural of lynx. • LYNX n. an animal of the Lynx genus of wild cats. |
| ONYXES | • onyxes n. Plural of onyx. • ONYX n. a form of chalcedony consisting of plane layers of different colours. |
| ORYXES | • oryxes n. Plural of oryx. • ORYX n. a kind of African antelope. |
| OXEYES | • oxeyes n. Plural of oxeye. • ox-eyes n. Plural of ox-eye. • OXEYE n. a wild chrysanthemum with a yellow disc and white rays. |
| PTYXES | • ptyxes n. Plural of ptyxis. • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PYXIES | • pyxies n. Plural of pyxie. • PYXIE n. a creeping evergreen shrub having small white or pinkish flowers, native to pine barrens of the eastern United States. |
| SEXILY | • sexily adv. In a sexy manner. • SEXY adv. arousing sexual desire. |
| UNSEXY | • unsexy adj. Not sexy. • unsexy adj. (Of research etc) Perceived as not having wide contemporary interest; plodding. • UNSEXY adj. not sexy. |
| XYLEMS | • xylems n. Plural of xylem. • XYLEM n. (Greek) a woody tissue in trees or plants, also XYLOGEN. |
| XYLOSE | • xylose n. (Biochemistry) One of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood. • XYLOSE n. a pentose (aldose) which occurs widely in plants, esp. as a constituent of xylan. |
| XYSTER | • xyster n. A surgical instrument used to scrape bones. • XYSTER n. (Greek) a surgeon's instrument for scraping bones. |
| YUNXES | • YUNX n. (Latin) the wryneck, also JYNX. |