| ASPHYXY | • asphyxy n. (Medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia. • asphyxy v. Rare form of asphyxiate. • ASPHYXY v. to suffer defective aeration of the blood caused by failure of the oxygen supply, also ASPHYXIA. |
| FOXSHIP | • foxship n. The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning. • foxship n. (Used as a mock title) The fox. • FOXSHIP n. (Shakespeare) craftiness. |
| HAPAXES | • hapaxes n. Plural of hapax. • HAPAX n. (Greek) a word that occurs only once. |
| HEXAPLA | • hexapla n. A text presented in six parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Old Testament… • Hexapla prop.n. A Biblical hexapla: an edition of the Bible in six parallel versions or languages. • HEXAPLA n. (Greek) a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts. |
| HEXAPOD | • hexapod n. Any organism, being or robot with six legs. • hexapod n. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda. • hexapod n. (Dated) An insect. |
| HYPOXIA | • hypoxia n. (Pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia. • hypoxia n. A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| HYPOXIC | • hypoxic adj. (Pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia. • hypoxic adj. Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen. • HYPOXIC adj. relating to hypoxia, a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues. |
| OXYPHIL | • OXYPHIL n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHILE. |
| PANCHAX | • panchax n. Any of various tropical fish in the cyprinodontiform families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae which… • PANCHAX n. (Latin) any of several kinds of brightly coloured fish, often stocked in aquariums. |
| PEMPHIX | • PEMPHIX n. (Greek) a somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body, also PEMPHIGUS. |
| PHALANX | • phalanx n. (Historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several… • phalanx n. (Historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. • phalanx n. (Plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly… |
| PHARYNX | • pharynx n. (Anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth… • pharynx n. (Zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be… • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| PHENOXY | • phenoxy n. (Organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5O- derived from phenol by loss… • PHENOXY adj. containing a radical derived from phenol. |
| PHLOXES | • phloxes n. Plural of phlox. • PHLOX n. (Greek) any plant of the North American genus Phlox. |
| 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… |
| PIXYISH | • pixyish adj. Like a pixy or pixie. • PIXYISH adj. like a pixy. |
| XIPHOID | • xiphoid adj. Shaped like a sword, ensiform. • xiphoid adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the xiphisternum. • xiphoid n. (Anatomy) The xiphoid process. |