| BONXIES | • bonxies n. Plural of bonxie. • BONXIE n. the great skua. |
| CHOENIX | • choenix n. (Historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater. • chœnix n. Obsolete form of choenix. • CHOENIX n. (Greek) an ancient Greek measurement. |
| DIOXANE | • dioxane n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two… • DIOXANE n. a toxic flammable solvent, also DIOXAN. |
| EQUINOX | • equinox n. One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when… • equinox n. (Also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length. • equinox n. (Astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial… |
| EXCITON | • exciton n. (Physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor. • EXCITON n. a combination of excited electron and hole. |
| EXOMION | • exomion n. (Rare) Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”). • EXOMION n. a Roman sleeveless garment, also EXOMIS. |
| FLEXION | • flexion n. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension. • flexion n. The state of being bent or flexed. • flexion n. Deviation from straightness. |
| INBOXES | • inboxes n. Plural of inbox, an alternative form of in-box. • in-boxes n. Plural of in-box. • INBOX n. (on a computer) a folder in a mailbox in which incoming messages are stored and displayed. |
| LEXICON | • lexicon n. The vocabulary of a language. • lexicon n. (Lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. • lexicon n. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. |
| OREXINS | • orexins n. Plural of orexin. • OREXIN n. a hormone that stimulates the appetite and is thought to be important for sleep regulation. |
| OXAZINE | • oxazine n. (Organic chemistry) Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen… • OXAZINE n. any of various heterocyclic chemical compound. |
| PHOENIX | • phoenix n. (Mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and… • phoenix n. (Figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. • phoenix n. (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial… |
| TOXINES | • toxines n. Plural of toxine. • TOXINE n. a poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine, also TOXIN. |