| COTURNIXES | • COTURNIX n. a small quail. |
| EXCURSIONS | • excursions n. Plural of excursion. • EXCURSION v. to go on an excursion. |
| EXOSPORIUM | • exosporium n. (Botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine. • EXOSPORIUM n. the outermost layer of spores of certain bacilli. |
| EXTRUSIONS | • extrusions n. Plural of extrusion. • EXTRUSION n. the act of extruding. |
| FLEXIHOURS | • flexihours n. Flexitime. • FLEXIHOURS n. flexible working time. |
| HYDROXIUMS | • HYDROXIUM n. a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule. |
| INDEXTROUS | • indextrous adj. Not dextrous; maladroit. • indextrous adj. Not manual. • INDEXTROUS adj. not possessing dexterity. |
| MICROLUXES | • microluxes n. Plural of microlux. • MICROLUX n. a unit of illumination. |
| OXYURIASES | • OXYURIASIS n. pinworm infestation. |
| OXYURIASIS | • oxyuriasis n. Pinworm infection; enterobiasis. • OXYURIASIS n. pinworm infestation. |
| POXVIRUSES | • poxviruses n. Plural of poxvirus. • POXVIRUS n. any one of a group of DNA-containing animal viruses. |
| PROLIXIOUS | • prolixious adj. (Obsolete) dilatory; tedious; superfluous. • PROLIXIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) dilatory; tedious; superfluous. |
| QUIXOTRIES | • quixotries n. Plural of quixotry. • QUIXOTRY n. quixotic principles, character, or practice; a quixotic action, statement, or idea, also QUIXOTISM. |
| SUPEROXIDE | • superoxide n. (Chemistry) A peroxide. • superoxide n. (Chemistry) The univalent anion, O2-, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound… • SUPEROXIDE n. a peroxide, an oxide with the highest proportion of oxygen. |
| UXORICIDES | • uxoricides n. Plural of uxoricide. • UXORICIDE n. the murder of a wife by her husband. |
| UXORIOUSLY | • uxoriously adv. In an uxorious manner. • UXORIOUS adv. excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |