| APOPLEXY | • apoplexy n. (Medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. • apoplexy n. (Informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger. • APOPLEXY n. a sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain. |
| EPOXYING | • epoxying v. Present participle of epoxy. • EPOXY v. to glue with a type of resin. |
| EXOPHAGY | • exophagy n. (Rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group. • EXOPHAGY n. a cannibal custom of eating other than one's kin. |
| HEXAPODY | • hexapody n. (Poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. • hexapody n. (Zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness. • HEXAPODY n. a line of verse with six feet. |
| HYPOXIAS | • hypoxias n. Plural of hypoxia. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| OXYPHILE | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| OXYPHILS | • OXYPHIL n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHILE. |
| OXYTROPE | • oxytrope n. (Botany) Synonym of locoweed. • OXYTROPE n. a genus of plants in the legume family, including locoweed. |
| PARADOXY | • paradoxy n. (Countable) A paradoxical statement; a paradox. • paradoxy n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being paradoxical. • PARADOXY n. the quality of being paradoxical. |
| 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. |
| POLYAXON | • polyaxon n. (Zoology) In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| PROLIXLY | • prolixly adv. In a prolix manner. • PROLIX adv. tediously long and wordy. |
| PYROXENE | • pyroxene n. (Mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium. • PYROXENE n. any of a group of minerals common in igneous rocks. |
| PYROXYLE | • pyroxyle n. Archaic form of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose. |
| XENOPHYA | • xenophya n. (Biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains. • XENOPHYA n. (Greek) elements of a shell or skeleton not secreted by the organism itself. |
| XYLOCARP | • xylocarp n. (Botany) A hard woody fruit. • XYLOCARP n. a hard woody fruit. |