| ASPHYXIED | • asphyxied v. Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy. • ASPHYXY v. to suffer defective aeration of the blood caused by failure of the oxygen supply, also ASPHYXIA. |
| ASPHYXIES | • asphyxies n. Plural of asphyxy. • asphyxies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy. • ASPHYXY v. to suffer defective aeration of the blood caused by failure of the oxygen supply, also ASPHYXIA. |
| EXSTROPHY | • exstrophy n. (Anatomy) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface. • EXSTROPHY n. congenital eversion of a hollow organ, esp. the bladder. |
| HYPERTEXT | • hypertext n. (Uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks. • hypertext n. (Countable) A hypertext document. • HYPERTEXT n. computer software and hardware that allows users to create, store, and view text and move between related items easily and in a nonsequential way. |
| HYPOTAXES | • hypotaxes n. Plural of hypotaxis. • 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. |
| HYPOXEMIC | • hypoxemic adj. Relating to, or afflicted with, hypoxemia. • HYPOXEMIC adj. suffering from hypoxemia, deficiency of oxygenation of the blood. |
| OXYPHILES | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| PHARYNXES | • pharynxes n. Plural of pharynx. • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |
| 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. |
| XEROPHILY | • xerophily n. Quality of being xerophilic. • XEROPHILY n. adaptation to very dry conditions. |
| XEROPHYTE | • xerophyte n. (Botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral… • xerophyte n. A desert plant. • XEROPHYTE n. a plant thriving in desert conditions. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |
| XYLOPHONE | • xylophone n. (Music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the… • xylophone v. To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone. • xylophone v. To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and… |