| ASPHYXIAL | • asphyxial adj. Of or relating to asphyxia. • ASPHYXIAL adj. of or relating to asphyxia. |
| HEXAPLOID | • hexaploid adj. Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell. • hexaploid n. A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPODAL | • hexapodal adj. Having six legs. • HEXAPODAL adj. relating to Hexapoda, insects. |
| OXYPHILES | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| OXYPHILIC | • oxyphilic adj. Having an affinity for oxygen. • OXYPHILIC adj. thriving in an acid environment. |
| PHALANXES | • phalanxes n. Plural of phalanx. • PHALANX n. a formation of infantry in ancient Greece. |
| POMPHOLYX | • pompholyx n. (Medicine) dyshidrosis. • pompholyx n. (Chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide. • POMPHOLYX n. (Greek) a vesicular eruption or eczema chiefly on the palms and soles. |
| PREHALLUX | • prehallux n. (Anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux. • PREHALLUX n. an extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux. |
| TOXOPHILY | • toxophily n. The love of, or an addiction to, archery. • TOXOPHILY n. the sport of archery. |
| XENOPHILE | • xenophile n. A person who has a love of foreign people and culture. • xenophile n. A person with an interest in celebrating people’s differences. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • XENOPHILE n. one who loves foreigners. |
| XEROPHILE | • xerophile n. Any xerophilic organism. • XEROPHILE n. a plant adapted to dry conditions. |
| XEROPHILY | • xerophily n. Quality of being xerophilic. • XEROPHILY n. adaptation to very dry conditions. |
| XIPHOIDAL | • xiphoidal adj. Xiphoid; sword-shaped. • XIPHOIDAL adj. swordlike, also XIPHOID. |
| XYLOGRAPH | • xylograph n. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). • xylograph n. A print taken from such an engraving. • xylograph v. (Transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood. |
| 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… |