| AXONOMETRY | • axonometry n. Axonometric projection. • AXONOMETRY n. the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals. |
| EXONERATOR | • exonerator n. One who exonerates. • EXONERATOR n. one who exonerates or frees from obligation. |
| EXORATIONS | • exorations n. Plural of exoration. • EXORATION n. (obsolete) entreaty. |
| EXTORTIONS | • extortions n. Plural of extortion. • EXTORTION n. the illegal securing of money by compulsion or violence. |
| GROUNDPROX | • groundprox n. (Aviation, rare) A ground proximity warning system. • GROUNDPROX n. an altitude warning system in aircraft. |
| NEUROTOXIC | • neurotoxic adj. (Toxicology, neuroscience, pharmacology) Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue. • NEUROTOXIC adj. toxic to the nerves or nervous tissue. |
| NEUROTOXIN | • neurotoxin n. (Neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses… • NEUROTOXIN n. a nerve poison. |
| OROPHARYNX | • oropharynx n. (Anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. • oro-pharynx n. Alternative spelling of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| OXYGENATOR | • oxygenator n. Any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium. • OXYGENATOR n. an oxidizer. |
| OXYMORONIC | • oxymoronic adj. Of or pertaining to an oxymoron. • OXYMORONIC adj. of or like an oxymoron, an apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another. |
| PAROXYTONE | • paroxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. • paroxytone n. (Linguistics) A paroxytone word. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PICROTOXIN | • picrotoxin n. (Organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus… • PICROTOXIN n. a bitter toxin obtained from the seeds of the shrub Anamirta cocculus. |
| PYROXENOID | • pyroxenoid n. (Mineralogy) any of a large group of minerals physically resembling pyroxene. • PYROXENOID n. a mineral like pyroxene, a common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals. |
| TAXONOMERS | • taxonomers n. Plural of taxonomer. • TAXONOMER n. a specialist in taxonomy, also TAXONOMIST. |
| TETROTOXIN | • TETROTOXIN n. a deadly nerve poison found in a species of Japanese puffer fish, also TETRODOTOXIN. |
| UNORTHODOX | • unorthodox adj. Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic. • UNORTHODOX adj. not orthodox. |
| XENOTROPIC | • xenotropic adj. (Biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host. • XENOTROPIC adj. reproducing or replicating only in cells other than those of the host species. |