| 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… |
| DYSLEXIA | • dyslexia n. (Neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties. • DYSLEXIA n. impairment of the ability to read. |
| DYSLEXIC | • dyslexic adj. Of or pertaining to dyslexia. • dyslexic adj. Having dyslexia. • dyslexic n. A person who has dyslexia. |
| DYSTAXIA | • dystaxia n. (Pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia. • DYSTAXIA n. a form of muscular tremor. |
| DYSTAXIC | • DYSTAXIC adj. relating to or affected by dystaxia. |
| HYPOXIAS | • hypoxias n. Plural of hypoxia. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| INDOXYLS | • indoxyls n. Plural of indoxyl. • INDOXYL n. a nitrogenous substance obtained as an oily liquid. |
| OXYACIDS | • oxyacids n. Plural of oxyacid. • OXYACID n. an acid that contains oxygen. |
| OXYPHILS | • OXYPHIL n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHILE. |
| PHYLAXIS | • phylaxis n. (Medicine) Protection against infectious disease. • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| PTYXISES | • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PYREXIAS | • pyrexias n. Plural of pyrexia. • PYREXIA n. (Greek) a fever. |
| SIXPENNY | • sixpenny adj. Worth six pennies. • sixpenny adj. (Dated) Cheap; worthless. • sixpenny n. A publication costing sixpence. |
| SIXTYISH | • sixtyish adj. (Informal) Of about sixty years of age. • SIXTYISH adj. being about sixty years old. |
| SYNTEXIS | • syntexis n. (Geology) A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock. • syntexis n. (Medicine) emaciation or wasting away. • Syntexis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Anaxyelidae – wood wasps, with a single species Syntexis libocedrii… |
| SYRINXES | • syrinxes n. Plural of syrinx. • SYRINX n. (Greek) the vocal organ of a bird. |
| TAXIWAYS | • taxiways n. Plural of taxiway. • TAXIWAY n. at an airport, a specially prepared track used for the movement of aircraft. |
| UNSEXILY | • unsexily adv. In an unsexy way; not sexily. • UNSEXY adv. not sexy. |
| XYLIDINS | • xylidins n. Plural of xylidin. • XYLIDIN n. any one of six metameric hydrocarbons related to xylene, also XYLIDINE. |
| XYLITOLS | • xylitols n. Plural of xylitol. • XYLITOL n. a sweet crystalline alcohol obtained from xylose. |