| AMPHIOXUSES | • amphioxuses n. Plural of amphioxus. • AMPHIOXUS n. (Greek) a fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka lancelet. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| HYPERSEXUAL | • hypersexual adj. Excessively interested in sex. • hypersexual adj. Of or relating to hypersexuality. • hypersexual n. A person who is hypersexual. |
| OXYSULPHIDE | • oxysulphide n. Alternative form of oxysulfide. • OXYSULPHIDE n. a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur. |
| PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| SCEUOPHYLAX | • sceuophylax n. A sacristan or church treasurer. • SCEUOPHYLAX n. a sacristan. |
| SULPHOXIDES | • sulphoxides n. Plural of sulphoxide. • SULPHOXIDE n. any compound containing a sulphinyl group and a hydrocarbon radical, also SULFOXIDE. |
| TOXIPHAGOUS | • TOXIPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXICOPHAGOUS. |
| XEROPHILOUS | • xerophilous adj. Able to thrive in dry weather. • XEROPHILOUS adj. drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants. |
| XIPHOPAGOUS | • xiphopagous adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGOUS adj. like a xiphopagus, a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |
| XIPHOSURANS | • xiphosurans n. Plural of xiphosuran. • XIPHOSURAN n. a member of the Xiphosura. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |
| XYLOPHILOUS | • xylophilous adj. Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do. • XYLOPHILOUS adj. fond of wood; living in or on wood. |