| COMPLEXLY | • complexly adv. In a complex manner. • complexly adv. (Mathematics) Involving complex numbers. • COMPLEX adv. complicated. |
| EXPLETORY | • expletory adj. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous. • EXPLETORY adj. serving to fill up; supplementary; as, an expletory word. |
| OXYPHILES | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| OXYPHILIC | • oxyphilic adj. Having an affinity for oxygen. • OXYPHILIC adj. thriving in an acid environment. |
| PLEIOTAXY | • PLEIOTAXY n. an increase in the whorls of a flower. |
| POLYAXIAL | • polyaxial adj. Having more than one axis. • polyaxial adj. (Botany) Axial about more than one axis. • POLYAXIAL n. a shape having many axes or several axis cylinders. |
| POLYAXONS | • polyaxons n. Plural of polyaxon. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| POLYMYXIN | • polymyxin n. Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections… • POLYMYXIN n. one of a group of mainly toxic antibiotics. |
| POMPHOLYX | • pompholyx n. (Medicine) dyshidrosis. • pompholyx n. (Chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide. • POMPHOLYX n. (Greek) a vesicular eruption or eczema chiefly on the palms and soles. |
| PROLIXITY | • prolixity n. Long-windedness, an excess of words. • PROLIXITY n. the state of being long-winded in speech or writing. |
| PYRIDOXAL | • pyridoxal n. (Biochemistry) One of the three natural forms of vitamin B6. • PYRIDOXAL n. a crystalline aldehyde of the vitamin B6 group. |
| PYROXYLES | • pyroxyles n. Plural of pyroxyle. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose. |
| PYROXYLIC | • pyroxylic adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) Created by the destructive distillation of wood. • PYROXYLIC adj. produced by the action of heat on wood, also PYROLIGNEOUS, PYROLIGNIC. |
| PYROXYLIN | • pyroxylin n. (Organic chemistry) A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers. • PYROXYLIN n. any of the nitrocelluloses, also PYROXYLE, PYROXYLINE. |
| TOXOPHILY | • toxophily n. The love of, or an addiction to, archery. • TOXOPHILY n. the sport of archery. |
| XEROPHILY | • xerophily n. Quality of being xerophilic. • XEROPHILY n. adaptation to very dry conditions. |
| XYLOCARPS | • xylocarps n. Plural of xylocarp. • XYLOCARP n. a hard woody fruit. |
| XYLOGRAPH | • xylograph n. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). • xylograph n. A print taken from such an engraving. • xylograph v. (Transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |
| 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… |