| AMPHIOXUS | • amphioxus n. The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma. • AMPHIOXUS n. (Greek) a fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka lancelet. |
| BOXFISHES | • boxfishes n. Plural of boxfish. • BOXFISH n. any one of several species of fishes of the genus Ostracion, aka trunkfish. |
| CHOENIXES | • choenixes n. Plural of choenix. • chœnixes n. Plural of chœnix. • CHOENIX n. (Greek) an ancient Greek measurement. |
| ETHOXIDES | • ethoxides n. Plural of ethoxide. • ETHOXIDE n. a type of saltlike compound with metal and organic components, also ETHYLATE. |
| FOXFISHES | • FOXFISH n. a large shark. |
| HEXAFOILS | • hexafoils n. Plural of hexafoil. • HEXAFOIL n. a pattern with six leaflike lobes. |
| HOMOTAXIS | • homotaxis n. (Biology) similarity in arrangement of parts. • homotaxis n. (Geology) similarity in the lithostratigraphic or biostratigraphic vertical sequence of rock strata… • HOMOTAXIS n. coincidence in order of organic succession but not necessarily in time. |
| HYPOTAXIS | • hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| METHOXIES | • METHOXY n. a drug that is claimed to increase muscle size and is taken as a supplement by some athletes. |
| ORTHOAXIS | • ORTHOAXIS n. in crystallography, the orthodiagonal. |
| OXYPHILES | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| PHOENIXES | • phoenixes n. Plural of phoenix. • phoenixes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phoenix. • phœnixes n. Plural of phœnix. |
| RHEOTAXIS | • rheotaxis n. (Biology) movement in response to a current (of water or air). • RHEOTAXIS n. the movement of an organism in response to a current of water. |
| SEXAHOLIC | • sexaholic n. One who is addicted to sex. • SEXAHOLIC n. someone addicted to sex. |
| THYROXINS | • thyroxins n. Plural of thyroxin. • THYROXIN n. an iodine compound, a hormone forming the active principle of the thyroid gland, also THYROXINE. |
| XENOLITHS | • xenoliths n. Plural of xenolith. • XENOLITH n. (Greek) a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |