| ANXIOUSLY | • anxiously adv. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. • ANXIOUS adv. full of fear. |
| CYTOTAXIS | • cytotaxis n. (Biology) The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering… • CYTOTAXIS n. movement of cells due to external stimulus. |
| HYPOTAXIS | • hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| MYXOVIRUS | • myxovirus n. Any of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families. • MYXOVIRUS n. any of a group of related viruses causing influenza, mumps etc. |
| NITROXYLS | • nitroxyls n. Plural of nitroxyl. • NITROXYL n. the group NO2, usually called the nitro group, also NITRYL. |
| NOXIOUSLY | • noxiously adv. In a noxious manner. • NOXIOUS adv. harmful to health. |
| OXYANIONS | • oxyanions n. Plural of oxyanion. • OXYANION n. an anion containing one or more oxygen atoms bonded to another element (as in the sulphate and carbonate ions). |
| OXYGENISE | • oxygenise v. Alternative spelling of oxygenize. • OXYGENISE v. to oxygenate, also OXYGENIZE. |
| OXYPHILES | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| OXYTOCICS | • oxytocics n. Plural of oxytocic. • OXYTOCIC n. a drug that hastens childbirth. |
| OXYTOCINS | • oxytocins n. Plural of oxytocin. • OXYTOCIN n. a pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine muscle contraction. |
| SIXTYFOLD | • sixtyfold adj. By a multiple of sixty; by sixty times as much or as many. • sixtyfold adv. By a factor of sixty. • SIXTYFOLD adj. multiplied by sixty. |
| THYROXINS | • thyroxins n. Plural of thyroxin. • THYROXIN n. an iodine compound, a hormone forming the active principle of the thyroid gland, also THYROXINE. |
| XYLOIDINS | • xyloidins n. Plural of xyloidin. • XYLOIDIN n. a substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch, also XYLOIDINE. |
| XYLONITES | • xylonites n. Plural of xylonite. • XYLONITE n. a non-thermosetting plastic of the nitrocellulose type, also ZYLONITE. |