| CARNYX | • carnyx n. (Music, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (C. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a… • CARNYX n. a long war trumpet used by the Celts. |
| EXONYM | • exonym n. An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version. • EXONYM n. a name for a town in a foreign language. |
| JYNXES | • JYNX n. the wryneck, a bird related to the woodpecker. |
| LARYNX | • larynx n. (Anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract… • LARYNX n. (Greek) an organ of the respiratory tract. |
| LYNXES | • lynxes n. Plural of lynx. • LYNX n. an animal of the Lynx genus of wild cats. |
| NEXTLY | • nextly adv. In the next place; next. • NEXT adv. nearest. |
| NOYAUX | • NOYAU n. (French) a liqueur made from brandy flavoured with bitter almonds or peach-stones. |
| ONYXES | • onyxes n. Plural of onyx. • ONYX n. a form of chalcedony consisting of plane layers of different colours. |
| OXYGEN | • oxygen n. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is… • oxygen n. Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen. • oxygen n. (Medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe. |
| PYXING | • pyxing n. Gerund of pyx: the act of depositing (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) the process of testing… • pyxing v. Present participle of pyx. • PYX v. to test newly minted coins. |
| SAXONY | • Saxony prop.n. A historic realm and modern state of Germany. • Saxony n. A fine soft woollen fabric. • Saxony n. Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn. |
| SPHYNX | • sphynx n. Alternative letter-case form of Sphynx. • Sphynx prop.n. Archaic form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”). • Sphynx n. A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet. |
| SYNTAX | • syntax n. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. • syntax n. (Computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. • syntax n. (Linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language. |
| SYRINX | • syrinx n. A set of panpipes. • syrinx n. A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs. • syrinx n. (Ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds. |
| UNSEXY | • unsexy adj. Not sexy. • unsexy adj. (Of research etc) Perceived as not having wide contemporary interest; plodding. • UNSEXY adj. not sexy. |
| XYLANS | • xylans n. Plural of xylan. • XYLAN n. a substance found in cell walls of plants. |
| XYLENE | • xylene n. (Chemistry) Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar. • XYLENE n. a flammable hydrocarbon, also XYLOL. |
| YEXING | • yexing v. Present participle of yex. • yexing n. (Archaic or dialectal) a hiccup. • YEX v. to hiccup, also YESK. |
| YUNXES | • YUNX n. (Latin) the wryneck, also JYNX. |