| ASPHYXIA | • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the body’s inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing… • asphyxia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the… |
| FOXSHIPS | • FOXSHIP n. (Shakespeare) craftiness. |
| HARUSPEX | • haruspex n. A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails. • HARUSPEX n. (Latin) a soothsayer of ancient Rome, also ARUSPEX. |
| HEXAPLAS | • hexaplas n. Plural of hexapla. • Hexaplas n. Plural of Hexapla. • HEXAPLA n. (Greek) a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts. |
| HEXAPODS | • hexapods n. Plural of hexapod. • HEXAPOD n. an animal with six feet, an insect. |
| HORSEPOX | • horsepox n. A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus. • horse-pox n. Alternative form of horsepox. • HORSEPOX n. a skin disease of horses. |
| HYPOXIAS | • hypoxias n. Plural of hypoxia. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| OXYPHILS | • OXYPHIL n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHILE. |
| PHENIXES | • phenixes n. Plural of phenix. • PHENIX n. a bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes, also PHOENIX. |
| PHYLAXIS | • phylaxis n. (Medicine) Protection against infectious disease. • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| PIXIEISH | • pixieish adj. Alternative spelling of pixyish. • PIXIEISH adj. like a pixie. |
| SPHINXES | • sphinxes n. Plural of sphinx. • sphinxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sphinx. • SPHINX n. (Greek) any of several Egyptian stone figures of a creature with a human or animal head and (occasionally) breast and a lion's body. |
| SPHYNXES | • sphynxes n. Plural of sphynx. • Sphynxes n. Plural of Sphynx. • SPHYNX n. a hairless breed of cats. |
| XIPHOIDS | • xiphoids n. Plural of xiphoid. • XIPHOID n. the xiphoid process or xiphisternum. |