| OXYACIDS | • oxyacids n. Plural of oxyacid. • OXYACID n. an acid that contains oxygen. |
| OXYANION | • oxyanion n. (Chemistry) Any anion derived from an oxyacid. • OXYANION n. an anion containing one or more oxygen atoms bonded to another element (as in the sulphate and carbonate ions). |
| OXYGENIC | • oxygenic adj. Of, relating to, containing or producing oxygen. • OXYGENIC adj. pertaining to or containing oxygen. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OXYSALTS | • oxysalts n. Plural of oxysalt. • OXYSALT n. a salt of an oxyacid. |
| OXYSOMES | • oxysomes n. Plural of oxysome. • OXYSOME n. a structural unit of cellular cristae. |
| OXYTOCIC | • oxytocic adj. (Medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. • oxytocic n. An oxytocic drug. • OXYTOCIC n. a drug that hastens childbirth. |
| OXYTOCIN | • oxytocin n. (Biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk;… • OXYTOCIN n. a pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine muscle contraction. |
| OXYTONES | • oxytones n. Plural of oxytone. • OXYTONE n. (Greek) a word bearing an acute accent on the last syllable. |
| OXYTONIC | • oxytonic adj. (Prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable. • OXYTONIC adj. like an oxytone. |
| OXYTROPE | • oxytrope n. (Botany) Synonym of locoweed. • OXYTROPE n. a genus of plants in the legume family, including locoweed. |