| PANCHAXES | • panchaxes n. Plural of panchax. • PANCHAX n. (Latin) any of several kinds of brightly coloured fish, often stocked in aquariums. |
| PHALANXES | • phalanxes n. Plural of phalanx. • PHALANX n. a formation of infantry in ancient Greece. |
| PHARYNXES | • pharynxes n. Plural of pharynx. • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| PHENOXIDE | • phenoxide n. (Chemistry) any metallic salt of a phenol. • PHENOXIDE n. a salt of a phenol, esp. in its capacity as a weak acid. |
| PHOENIXES | • phoenixes n. Plural of phoenix. • phoenixes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phoenix. • phœnixes n. Plural of phœnix. |
| SAXOPHONE | • saxophone n. A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a… • SAXOPHONE n. a jazz and dance band instrument with a reed, an S-shaped (properly metal) tube, and about twenty finger-keys. |
| TEXTPHONE | • textphone n. (Britain) A telephone with a simple keyboard and a small screen, used by the deaf. • TEXTPHONE n. a phone that can transmit text messages. |
| TOXAPHENE | • toxaphene n. An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent… • TOXAPHENE n. chlorinated camphene used as an insecticide. |
| 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. |
| XENOPHOBE | • xenophobe n. One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners. • XENOPHOBE n. one who hates foreigners. |
| XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |
| XERAPHINS | • xeraphins n. Plural of xeraphin. • XERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, SERAPHIN, XERAFIN. |
| 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… |