| BOXROOMS | • boxrooms n. Plural of boxroom. • box␣rooms n. Plural of box room. • BOXROOM n. a room for storing boxes. |
| DOXAPRAM | • doxapram n. A respiratory stimulant. • DOXAPRAM n. a drug used as a respiratory stimulant. |
| EXODERMS | • exoderms n. Plural of exoderm. • EXODERM n. the external layer of an embryo, also ECTODERM, EPIBLAST. |
| EXORCISM | • exorcism n. The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them. • EXORCISM n. the act of exorcising. |
| EXORDIUM | • exordium n. (Formal) A beginning. • exordium n. The introduction to an essay or discourse. • EXORDIUM n. (Latin) a beginning. |
| MICROLUX | • microlux n. A unit of illuminance or illumination, one millionth of a lux. • MICROLUX n. a unit of illumination. |
| MIREPOIX | • mirepoix n. A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking. • mirepoix n. (Figurative) A mixture. • Mirepoix prop.n. A city in the Ariège department, France. |
| MORCEAUX | • morceaux n. Plural of morceau. • MORCEAU n. (French) a short literary or musical composition. |
| OXIMETER | • oximeter n. (Chemistry) A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere. • oximeter n. (Medicine, specifically) A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. • OXIMETER n. a photoelectric instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood. |
| OXIMETRY | • oximetry n. The measurement of the oxygen level in arterial blood. • OXIMETRY n. measurement with an oximeter, a photoelectric instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood. |
| OXYMORON | • oxymoron n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together… • oxymoron n. (Loosely, sometimes proscribed) A contradiction in terms. • OXYMORON n. (Greek) a self-contradictory expression. |
| PAROXYSM | • paroxysm n. A random or sudden outburst (of activity). • paroxysm n. An explosive event during a volcanic eruption. • paroxysm n. A sudden recurrence of a disease, such as a seizure or a coughing fit. |
| PHORMINX | • phorminx n. A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks. • PHORMINX n. (Greek) a kind of lyre used by the Greeks. |
| PROXEMIC | • proxemic adj. Of or relating to proxemics. • PROXEMIC adj. pertaining to a branch of environmental study. |
| PROXIMAL | • proximal adj. (Anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation. • proximal adj. (Dentistry) Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are… • proximal adj. (Linguistics) Closer to the speaker. |
| SCRUMPOX | • scrumpox n. Herpes gladiatorum. • SCRUMPOX n. (slang) rugby slang for impetigo spread by players' faces rubbing together in the scrum. |
| WAXWORMS | • waxworms n. Plural of waxworm. • WAXWORM n. a moth that infests beehives. |
| XEROMATA | • XEROMA n. (Greek) a dry lustreless condition of the conjunctiva, also XEROPHTHALMIA. |