ox: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ox
- box«Word Popularity Bar5/5
box
- noun a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- he rummaged through a box of spare parts
- noun private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
loge.
- the royal box was empty
- noun a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
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fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- orthodox5/5
orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- paradox5/5
paradox
- noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- `I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false
- noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- cox4/5
cox
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
cyclooxygenase.
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
coxswain.
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
- knox4/5
knox
- noun Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
John Knox.
- noun Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
- smallpox4/5
smallpox
- noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
variola; variola major.
- noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
- mailbox4/5
mailbox
- noun a private box for delivery of mail
letter box.
- noun public box for deposit of mail
postbox; letter box.
- noun a private box for delivery of mail
- toolbox4/5
toolbox
- noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
tool case; tool cabinet; tool chest.
- noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
- sox4/5
sox
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- xerox3/5
xerox
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
xerox copy.
- noun a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
Xerox machine; xerographic copier.
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
- unorthodox3/5
unorthodox
- adjective satellite independent in behavior or thought
maverick; irregular.
- she led a somewhat irregular private life
- maverick politicians
- adjective breaking with convention or tradition
- an unorthodox lifestyle
- adjective satellite independent in behavior or thought
- heterodox3/5
heterodox
- adjective satellite characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
heretical; dissident.
- adjective satellite characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
- vox3/5
vox
- noun the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
vocalism; phonation; vocalization; vocalisation; voice.
- a singer takes good care of his voice
- the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
- noun the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- redox3/5
redox
- noun a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
oxidoreduction; oxidation-reduction.
- noun a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
- pox3/5
pox
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
lues venerea; syph; lues; syphilis.
- noun a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
- nox3/5
nox
- noun Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Night.
- noun Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
- equinox3/5
equinox
- noun either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
- noun (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
equinoctial point.
- noun either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
- jukebox3/5
jukebox
- noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
nickelodeon.
- noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
- wilcox3/5
wilcox
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- approx3/5
approx
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- lennox3/5
lennox
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- checkbox3/5
checkbox
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- maddox3/5
maddox
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- inbox3/5
inbox
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- appomattox3/5
appomattox
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- hox3/5
hox
To hock; to hamstring. See Obs. Shak.Hock .
- sandbox2/5
sandbox
- noun mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
sandpit; sandpile.
- noun mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- lox2/5
lox
- noun brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
- noun a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
liquid oxygen.
- noun brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
- icebox2/5
icebox
- noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
refrigerator.
- noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
- shoebox2/5
shoebox
- noun a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)
- noun an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes
- noun a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)
- phlox2/5
phlox
- noun any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
- noun any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
- pillbox2/5
pillbox
- noun a small round woman's hat
turban; toque.
- noun a small case for holding pills
- noun a small round woman's hat
- gearbox2/5
gearbox
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
gear case; gear box.
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
- chickenpox2/5
chickenpox
- noun an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
varicella.
- noun an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
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detox
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detoxify.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- matchbox2/5
matchbox
- noun a box for holding matches
- noun a box for holding matches
- homeobox2/5
homeobox
- noun one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
homeobox gene.
- noun one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
- soapbox2/5
soapbox
- noun a crate for packing soap
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
stump; podium; ambo; pulpit; dais; rostrum.
- noun a crate for packing soap
- cowpox2/5
cowpox
- noun a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
vaccinia.
- noun a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
- clorox2/5
clorox
- noun a commercial bleaching agent
- noun a commercial bleaching agent
- snuffbox2/5
snuffbox
- noun a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- noun a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- chatterbox2/5
chatterbox
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
stream orchid; giant helleborine; Epipactis gigantea.
- noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
prater; chatterer; spouter; magpie; babbler.
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
- tinderbox2/5
tinderbox
- noun a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
- the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe
- noun a box for holding tinder
- noun a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
- strongbox2/5
strongbox
- noun a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
deedbox.
- noun a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
- firebox2/5
firebox
- noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
- noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
- lockbox2/5
lockbox
- noun a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
safety deposit box; safe-deposit box; deposit box; safety-deposit; safe-deposit.
- noun a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
- prox2/5
prox
- adjective satellite in or of the next month after the present
proximo.
- scheduled for the 6th prox
- adjective satellite in or of the next month after the present
- botox2/5
botox
- noun a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily
botulinum toxin A.
- noun a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily
- firefox2/5
firefox
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- wrox2/5
wrox
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- madox2/5
madox
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- tox2/5
- praecox2/5
praecox
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- letterbox2/5
letterbox
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- lunchbox2/5
lunchbox
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- outbox2/5
outbox
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- rox2/5
- sweatbox1/5
sweatbox
- noun small or narrow cell
- noun a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
- noun small or narrow cell
- lummox1/5
lummox
- noun an awkward stupid person
clod; oaf; goon; lout; lump; stumblebum; gawk; lubber.
- noun an awkward stupid person
- horsebox1/5
horsebox
- noun a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses
- noun a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses
- unbox1/5
unbox
- verb remove from a box
- unbox the presents
- verb remove from a box
- skybox1/5
skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- breadbox1/5
breadbox
- noun a container used to keep bread or cake in
bread-bin.
- noun a container used to keep bread or cake in
- workbox1/5
workbox
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
workbasket; workbag.
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
- shadowbox1/5
shadowbox
- verb go through boxing motions without an opponent
- verb go through boxing motions without an opponent
- flummox1/5
flummox
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- bandbox1/5
bandbox
- noun a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
- noun a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
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- hatbox1/5
hatbox
- noun a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
- noun a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
- volvox1/5
volvox
(Bot.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
- esox1/5
esox
(Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.
- postbox1/5
postbox
- noun public box for deposit of mail
letter box; mailbox.
- noun public box for deposit of mail
- saltbox1/5
saltbox
- noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
- noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
- hotbox1/5
hotbox
- noun a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
- noun a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
- paintbox1/5
paintbox
- noun a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint
- noun a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint
- outfox1/5
outfox
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- sporanox1/5
sporanox
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease
itraconazole.
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease
- soundbox1/5
soundbox
- noun a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
body.
- noun a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- playbox1/5
playbox
- noun a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
play-box.
- noun a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
- cashbox1/5
cashbox
- noun a strongbox for holding cash
money box; till.
- noun a strongbox for holding cash
- anaprox1/5
anaprox
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
Aleve; Aflaxen; naproxen sodium.
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
- rickettsialpox1/5
rickettsialpox
- noun mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
- noun mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
- ferox1/5
ferox
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- gox1/5
- ultraorthodox1/5
- tarbox1/5
- abox1/5
- fusebox1/5
- muskox1/5
muskox
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- velox1/5
velox
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- glovebox1/5
- atrox1/5
atrox
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- magnox1/5
- nonorthodox1/5
nonorthodox
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- boombox1/5
boombox
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- woodbox1/5
woodbox
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- neoorthodox1/5
neoorthodox
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- headbox1/5
- mousepox1/5
- fowlpox1/5
fowlpox
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- pegbox1/5
pegbox
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- smokebox1/5
- pepperbox1/5
pepperbox
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- wox1/5
- moneybox1/5
moneybox
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- squeezebox1/5
squeezebox
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- precox1/5
precox
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Suffixes of ox
- oxygen«Word Popularity Bar5/5
oxygen
- noun a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
O; atomic number 8.
- noun a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
- oxide5/5
oxide
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- oxidation5/5
oxidation
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
oxidization; oxidisation.
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- oxford5/5
oxford
- noun a low shoe laced over the instep
- noun a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
- noun a low shoe laced over the instep
- oxen4/5
oxen
- noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
cows; kine; Bos taurus; cattle.
- so many head of cattle
- wait till the cows come home
- seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible
- a team of oxen
- noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
ox.
- noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
- oxidized4/5
oxidized
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
oxidised.
- the oxidized form of iodine
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidise; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
- oxidative4/5
oxidative
- adjective satellite taking place in the presence of oxygen
- oxidative glycolysis
- oxidative rancidity
- adjective satellite taking place in the presence of oxygen
- oxides4/5
oxide
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- oxygenation3/5
oxygenation
- noun the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen
- the oxygenation of the blood
- noun the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen
- oxidizing3/5
oxidize
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidise; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidise; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxygenated3/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- oxidase3/5
oxidase
- noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
- noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
- oxidant3/5
oxidant
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidiser; oxidizing agent; oxidizer.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxytocin3/5
oxytocin
- noun hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
Pitocin.
- noun hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
- oxalate3/5
oxalate
- noun a salt or ester of oxalic acid
- noun a salt or ester of oxalic acid
- oxymoron3/5
oxymoron
- noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- oxfordshire3/5
- oxidize2/5
oxidize
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidise; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidise; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxidised2/5
oxidised
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
oxidized.
- the oxidized form of iodine
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidise; oxidate.
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
- oxidizes2/5
oxidize
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidise; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidise; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxidising2/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- oxygenate2/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- oxidants2/5
oxidant
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidiser; oxidizing agent; oxidizer.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidizer2/5
oxidizer
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidiser; oxidizing agent; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxygens2/5
oxygen
- noun a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
O; atomic number 8.
- noun a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
- oxidases2/5
oxidase
- noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
- noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
- oxidizers2/5
oxidizer
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidiser; oxidizing agent; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidations2/5
oxidation
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
oxidization; oxidisation.
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- oxbow2/5
oxbow
- noun the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
- noun a U-shaped curve in a stream
- noun the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
- oximeter2/5
oximeter
- noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
- noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
- oxime2/5
oxime
- noun any compound containing the group -C=NOH
- noun any compound containing the group -C=NOH
- oxfords2/5
oxford
- noun a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
- noun a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner
- noun a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
- oxbridge2/5
oxbridge
- noun general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
- noun general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
- oxaloacetate2/5
oxaloacetate
- noun a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid
oxalacetate.
- noun a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid
- oxidoreductase2/5
oxidoreductase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction
- oxcart2/5
oxcart
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- oxygenase2/5
oxygenase
- noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
- noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
- oxyhemoglobin2/5
oxyhemoglobin
- noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
oxyhaemoglobin.
- oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body
- noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
- oxazepam2/5
oxazepam
- noun a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal
Serax.
- noun a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal
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oxytetracycline
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
hydroxytetracycline; oxytetracycline hydrochloride; Terramycin.
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
- oximetry2/5
- oxon2/5
oxon
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- oxy2/5
oxy
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- oxalic2/5
oxalic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, or oxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, and characteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the Buckwheat family.
- oxo2/5
- oxus2/5
oxus
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- oxymoronic2/5
oxymoronic
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- oxnard2/5
oxnard
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- oxycontin2/5
oxycontin
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- oxyrhynchus2/5
- oxman2/5
oxman
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- oxes1/5
ox
- noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
- noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
wild ox.
- noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
- oxygenates1/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- oxidise1/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- oxygenating1/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- oxidises1/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- oxidization1/5
oxidization
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
oxidation; oxidisation.
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- oxidiser1/5
oxidiser
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidizing agent; oxidizer; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidisers1/5
oxidiser
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidizing agent; oxidizer; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidisation1/5
oxidisation
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
oxidation; oxidization.
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- oxalis1/5
oxalis
- noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
wood sorrel; sorrel.
- noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
- oxidizable1/5
oxidizable
- adjective satellite capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen
- adjective satellite capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen
- oxyacetylene1/5
oxyacetylene
- noun a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
- noun a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
- oxytocic1/5
oxytocic
- noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
oxytocic drug.
- noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
- oximeters1/5
oximeter
- noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
- noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
- oximes1/5
- oxbows1/5
oxbow
- noun the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
- noun a U-shaped curve in a stream
- noun the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
- oxeye1/5
oxeye
- noun any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
heliopsis.
- noun Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
- noun any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
- oxytocics1/5
oxytocic
- noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
oxytocic drug.
- noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
- oxalates1/5
- oxtail1/5
oxtail
- noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
- noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
- oxonian1/5
oxonian
Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England. Macaulay.
- oxidoreductases1/5
oxidoreductase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction
- oxcarts1/5
oxcart
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- noun a cart that is drawn by an ox
- oxtails1/5
oxtail
- noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
- noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
- oxyphenbutazone1/5
oxyphenbutazone
- noun an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis
Tandearil.
- noun an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis
- oxyacids1/5
oxyacid
- noun any acid that contains oxygen
oxygen acid.
- noun any acid that contains oxygen
- oxlip1/5
oxlip
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Primula elatior; paigle.
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
- oxlips1/5
oxlip
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Primula elatior; paigle.
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
- oxyura1/5
oxyura
- noun ruddy duck
genus Oxyura.
- noun ruddy duck
- oxymorons1/5
oxymoron
- noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- oxyhaemoglobin1/5
oxyhaemoglobin
- noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
oxyhemoglobin.
- oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body
- noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
- oxygenases1/5
oxygenase
- noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
- noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
- oxaprozin1/5
oxaprozin
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)
Daypro.
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)
- oxonians1/5
oxonian
- noun a native or resident of Oxford
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University
- Oxonian education
- noun a native or resident of Oxford
- oxytropis1/5
oxytropis
- noun large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
genus Oxytropis.
- noun large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
- oxalidaceae1/5
oxalidaceae
- noun a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
wood-sorrel family; family Oxalidaceae.
- noun a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
- oxacillin1/5
oxacillin
- noun a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
- noun a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
- oxygenator1/5
oxygenator
An oxidizer.
- oxygenic1/5
oxygenic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.
- oxidatively1/5
oxidative
- adjective satellite taking place in the presence of oxygen
- oxidative glycolysis
- oxidative rancidity
- adjective satellite taking place in the presence of oxygen
- oxychloride1/5
oxychloride
(Chem.) A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic .oxychloride
- oxid1/5
oxid
(Chem.) See Oxide .
- oxfordian1/5
oxfordian
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- oxaloacetic1/5
oxaloacetic
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- oxymetazoline1/5
- oxygenators1/5
- oxyntic1/5
oxyntic
(Physiol.) Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.
- oxblood1/5
oxblood
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- oxhide1/5
oxhide
The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.
- oxer1/5
ox
- noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
- noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
wild ox.
- noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
- oxidic1/5
oxidic
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- oxydation1/5
- oxonium1/5
- oxhorn1/5
- oxyhydrogen1/5
oxyhydrogen
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, .oxyhydrogen gas
- oxadiazole1/5
- oxidisable1/5
- oxyacantha1/5
oxyacantha
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- oxyphil1/5
oxyphil
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- oxidizability1/5
- oxazine1/5
oxazine
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- oxymoronically1/5
- oxyl1/5
oxyl
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- oxfordians1/5
- oxberry1/5
- oxazole1/5
oxazole
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- oxland1/5
- oxyphilic1/5
- oxymel1/5
oxymel
(Med.) A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup. Sir T. Elyot.
- oxalyl1/5
oxalyl
(Chem.) (a) A hydrocarbon radical ( C2O2 ) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.(b) An old name for .carbonyl (c) An old name for carboxyl .
- oxpeckers1/5
oxpecker
(Zoöl.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga ; the beefeater.
Derived words of ox
- boxes«Word Popularity Bar5/5
box
- noun a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- he rummaged through a box of spare parts
- noun private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
loge.
- the royal box was empty
- noun a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- toxic5/5
toxic
- adjective of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
- suffering from exposure to toxic substances
- adjective of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
- approximate5/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- toxicity5/5
toxicity
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
perniciousness.
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- approximation5/5
approximation
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
estimate; estimation; idea.
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- noun the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- proximity5/5
proximity
- noun the property of being close together
propinquity.
- noun the region close around a person or thing
- noun the property of being close together
- dioxide5/5
dioxide
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- approximately5/5
approximately
- adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
about; around; some; roughly; just about; or so; more or less; close to.
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
- adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- orthodoxy4/5
orthodoxy
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- noun a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- approximated4/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- boxer4/5
boxer
- noun someone who fights with his fists for sport
pugilist.
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
packer; bagger.
- noun someone who fights with his fists for sport
- proximal4/5
proximal
- adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
- the proximal end of a bone
- adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
- paradoxical4/5
paradoxical
- adjective satellite seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
self-contradictory.
- it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking
- adjective satellite seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
- toxins4/5
toxin
- noun a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
- noun a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
- toxin4/5
toxin
- noun a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
- noun a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
- boxing4/5
boxing
- noun fighting with the fists
pugilism; fisticuffs.
- noun the enclosure of something in a package or box
packing.
- noun fighting with the fists
- intoxication4/5
intoxication
- noun the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
toxic condition; poisoning.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
tipsiness; insobriety; drunkenness; inebriety; inebriation.
- noun the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
- antioxidant4/5
antioxidant
- noun substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides
- noun substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides
- approximations4/5
approximation
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
estimate; estimation; idea.
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- noun the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- peroxide4/5
peroxide
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
hydrogen peroxide.
- noun an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
- hydroxide4/5
hydroxide
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
hydrated oxide.
- noun a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
- toxicology4/5
toxicology
- noun the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
- noun the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
- proxy4/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- paradoxically4/5
paradoxically
- adverb in a paradoxical manner
- paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter
- adverb in a paradoxical manner
- hypoxia4/5
hypoxia
- noun oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
- noun oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
- paradoxes4/5
paradox
- noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- `I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false
- noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- peroxidase3/5
peroxidase
- noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
- noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
- intoxicated3/5
intoxicated
- adjective stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
inebriated; drunk.
- a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors
- helplessly inebriated
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- foxes3/5
fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- intoxicating3/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- detoxification3/5
detoxification
- noun a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances
- noun treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)
- noun a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances
- approximates3/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- approximating3/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- boxers3/5
boxers
- noun underpants worn by men
underdrawers; drawers; boxershorts; shorts.
- noun someone who fights with his fists for sport
pugilist; boxer.
- noun underpants worn by men
- carboxylic3/5
carboxylic
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
carboxyl.
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
- carboxyl3/5
carboxyl
- noun the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
carboxyl group.
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
carboxylic.
- noun the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
- monoxide3/5
monoxide
- noun an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule
- antioxidants3/5
antioxidant
- noun substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides
- noun substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides
- noxious3/5
noxious
- adjective injurious to physical or mental health
- noxious chemical wastes
- noxious ideas
- adjective injurious to physical or mental health
- obnoxious3/5
obnoxious
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
objectionable.
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
- hydroxyl3/5
hydroxyl
- noun the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
hydroxyl radical; hydroxyl group.
- noun the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
- knoxville3/5
knoxville
- noun a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
- noun a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
- boxed3/5
boxed
- adjective satellite enclosed in or set off by a border or box
- boxed sections of the report
- boxed announcements in the newspaper
- verb put into a box
box; package.
- box the gift, please
- adjective satellite enclosed in or set off by a border or box
- superoxide3/5
superoxide
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- noun the univalent anion O2-
superoxide anion.
- much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- dioxin3/5
dioxin
- noun any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
- noun any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
- epoxy3/5
epoxy
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy resin; epoxy glue.
- verb glue with epoxy
- epoxy the shards
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
- proxies3/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- tamoxifen3/5
tamoxifen
- noun an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
estrogen antagonist.
- noun an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
- hydroxy3/5
hydroxy
- adjective being or containing a hydroxyl group
- adjective being or containing a hydroxyl group
- cytotoxicity3/5
cytotoxicity
- noun the degree to which something is toxic to living cells
- noun the degree to which something is toxic to living cells
- endotoxin3/5
endotoxin
- noun a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die
- noun a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die
- mailboxes3/5
mailbox
- noun a private box for delivery of mail
letter box.
- noun public box for deposit of mail
postbox; letter box.
- noun a private box for delivery of mail
- toxicological3/5
toxicological
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
toxicologic.
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
- toxoplasmosis3/5
toxoplasmosis
- noun infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus
- noun infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus
- proximate3/5
proximate
- adjective closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
- news of his proximate arrival
- interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals
- adjective satellite very close in space or time
- proximate words
- proximate houses
- adjective closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
- cytotoxic3/5
cytotoxic
- adjective of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells
- adjective of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells
- digoxin3/5
digoxin
- noun digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully
Lanoxin.
- noun digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully
- fluoxetine3/5
fluoxetine
- noun a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain
fluoxetine hydrocholoride; Prozac; Sarafem.
- noun a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain
- doxorubicin3/5
doxorubicin
- noun an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
- noun an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
- thyroxine3/5
thyroxine
- noun hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
T; thyroxin; tetraiodothyronine.
- thyroxine is 65% iodine
- noun hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
- ciprofloxacin3/5
ciprofloxacin
- noun an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints
Cipro.
- noun an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints
- paroxysmal3/5
paroxysmal
- adjective accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms
- adjective accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms
- anoxic3/5
anoxic
- adjective relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
- adjective relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
- toxicol3/5
toxicol
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- hypoxic3/5
hypoxic
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- hypoxemia3/5
hypoxemia
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- roxanne3/5
roxanne
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- voxel3/5
voxel
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- hydroxylase3/5
hydroxylase
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- peroxidation3/5
peroxidation
Act, process, or result of peroxidizing; oxidation to a peroxide.
- neurotoxicity3/5
neurotoxicity
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- roxy3/5
roxy
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- proximally3/5
proximal
- adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
- the proximal end of a bone
- adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
- carboxylate2/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- detoxify2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- detoxifying2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- peroxidases2/5
peroxidase
- noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
- noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
- detoxified2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- toxicities2/5
toxicity
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
perniciousness.
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- nontoxic2/5
nontoxic
- adjective not producing or resulting from poison
atoxic.
- adjective satellite safe to eat
nonpoisonous; non-poisonous.
- adjective not producing or resulting from poison
- orthodoxies2/5
orthodoxy
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- noun a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- toxicants2/5
toxicant
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
poisonous substance; poison.
- adjective satellite having the qualities or effects of a poison
poisonous.
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- heterodoxy2/5
heterodoxy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
unorthodoxy; heresy.
- noun the quality of being unorthodox
unorthodoxy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- intoxicants2/5
intoxicant
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
alcoholic beverage; alcohol; alcoholic drink; inebriant.
- alcohol (or drink) ruined him
- noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- toxicant2/5
toxicant
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
poisonous substance; poison.
- adjective satellite having the qualities or effects of a poison
poisonous.
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- decarboxylation2/5
decarboxylation
- noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
- noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
- intoxicate2/5
intoxicate
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- verb make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
inebriate; soak.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- intoxicant2/5
intoxicant
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
alcoholic beverage; alcohol; alcoholic drink; inebriant.
- alcohol (or drink) ruined him
- noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- dioxins2/5
dioxin
- noun any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
- noun any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
- aflatoxin2/5
aflatoxin
- noun a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- noun a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- hydroxides2/5
hydroxide
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
hydrated oxide.
- noun a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
- equinoxes2/5
equinox
- noun either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
- noun (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
equinoctial point.
- noun either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
- peroxides2/5
peroxide
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
hydrogen peroxide.
- noun an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
- trioxide2/5
trioxide
- noun an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- foxglove2/5
foxglove
- noun any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
digitalis.
- noun any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
- deoxyribose2/5
deoxyribose
- noun a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
- noun a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
- nephrotoxic2/5
nephrotoxic
- adjective satellite toxic to the kidney
- adjective satellite toxic to the kidney
- deoxygenated2/5
deoxygenate
- verb remove oxygen from (water)
- verb remove oxygen from (water)
- siloxane2/5
siloxane
- noun any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
- noun any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
- coxcomb2/5
coxcomb
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockscomb.
- noun a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
cockscomb.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- foxtrot2/5
foxtrot
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
fox-trot.
- verb dance the foxtrot
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
- pillboxes2/5
pillbox
- noun a small round woman's hat
turban; toque.
- noun a small case for holding pills
- noun a small round woman's hat
- foxtail2/5
foxtail
- noun grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
foxtail grass.
- noun grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
- aflatoxins2/5
aflatoxin
- noun a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- noun a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- hepatotoxic2/5
hepatotoxic
- adjective satellite toxic to the liver
- adjective satellite toxic to the liver
- flummoxed2/5
flummox
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- toxicologists2/5
toxicologist
- noun one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- noun one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- jukeboxes2/5
jukebox
- noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
nickelodeon.
- noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
- pentoxifylline2/5
pentoxifylline
- noun a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
Trental.
- noun a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
- toxicologist2/5
toxicologist
- noun one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- noun one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- ototoxic2/5
ototoxic
- adjective satellite toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve
- some drugs are ototoxic
- adjective satellite toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve
- tetroxide2/5
tetroxide
- noun an oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- intoxications2/5
intoxication
- noun the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
toxic condition; poisoning.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
tipsiness; insobriety; drunkenness; inebriety; inebriation.
- noun the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
- cyclooxygenase2/5
cyclooxygenase
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
Cox.
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
- foxy2/5
foxy
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- decarboxylase2/5
decarboxylase
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- thyrotoxicosis2/5
thyrotoxicosis
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
hyperthyroidism.
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
- foxhole2/5
foxhole
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
fox hole.
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
- mycotoxins2/5
- antitoxin2/5
antitoxin
- noun an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- noun an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- toxoid2/5
toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
anatoxin.
- diphtheria toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
- doxology2/5
doxology
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- boxy2/5
boxy
- adjective satellite resembling a box in rectangularity
boxlike; box-shaped.
- adjective satellite resembling a box in rectangularity
- boxwood2/5
boxwood
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
Turkish boxwood.
- noun evergreen shrubs or small trees
box.
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
- pyroxene2/5
pyroxene
- noun any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- noun any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- coxswain2/5
coxswain
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
cox.
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- foxholes2/5
foxhole
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
fox hole.
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
- neurotoxin2/5
neurotoxin
- noun any toxin that affects neural tissues
neurolysin.
- noun any toxin that affects neural tissues
- endotoxins2/5
endotoxin
- noun a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die
- noun a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die
- neurotoxins2/5
neurotoxin
- noun any toxin that affects neural tissues
neurolysin.
- noun any toxin that affects neural tissues
- toxemia2/5
toxemia
- noun an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
toxemia of pregnancy; toxaemia; toxaemia of pregnancy.
- noun blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood
toxaemia.
- noun an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
- phylloxera2/5
phylloxera
(Zoöl.) A small hemipterous insect ( Phylloxera vastatrix ) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.✍ It exists in several forms, some of which are winged, other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or swellings, and often killing the vine.
- epoxies2/5
epoxy
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy resin; epoxy glue.
- verb glue with epoxy
- epoxy the shards
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
- mycotoxin2/5
mycotoxin
- noun a toxin produced by a fungus
- noun a toxin produced by a fungus
- hydroxyproline2/5
hydroxyproline
- noun a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen
- noun a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen
- hydroxychloroquine2/5
hydroxychloroquine
- noun anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus
Plaquenil.
- noun anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus
- dicarboxylic2/5
dicarboxylic
- adjective containing two carboxyls per molecule
- adjective containing two carboxyls per molecule
- propoxyphene2/5
propoxyphene
- noun a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive
Darvon; propoxyphene hydrochloride.
- noun a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive
- exotoxin2/5
exotoxin
- noun a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium
- noun a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium
- toxicologic2/5
toxicologic
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
toxicological.
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
- proxemics2/5
proxemics
- noun the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
- noun the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
- coxsackievirus2/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- doxazosin2/5
doxazosin
- noun an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
Cardura.
- noun an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
- exotoxins2/5
exotoxin
- noun a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium
- noun a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium
- toxoids2/5
toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
anatoxin.
- diphtheria toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
- doxycycline2/5
doxycycline
- noun an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections
Vibramycin.
- Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline
- noun an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections
- naloxone2/5
naloxone
- noun a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine
Narcan.
- noun a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine
- paroxysm2/5
paroxysm
- noun a sudden uncontrollable attack
convulsion; fit.
- a paroxysm of giggling
- a fit of coughing
- convulsions of laughter
- noun a sudden uncontrollable attack
- pyridoxine2/5
pyridoxine
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
pyridoxamine; adermin; pyridoxal; vitamin B6.
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
- anoxia2/5
anoxia
- noun severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
- noun severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
- boxcar2/5
boxcar
- noun a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
- noun a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
- neurotoxic2/5
neurotoxic
- adjective poisonous to nerves or nerve cells
- adjective poisonous to nerves or nerve cells
- paroxysms2/5
paroxysm
- noun a sudden uncontrollable attack
convulsion; fit.
- a paroxysm of giggling
- a fit of coughing
- convulsions of laughter
- noun a sudden uncontrollable attack
- naproxen2/5
naproxen
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain
Naprosyn.
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain
- sulfamethoxazole2/5
sulfamethoxazole
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
Gantanol.
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
- biloxi2/5
biloxi
- noun a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
- noun an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico
- noun a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
- boxcars2/5
boxcars
- noun (usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots
- noun a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
boxcar.
- noun (usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots
- celecoxib2/5
celecoxib
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
Celebrex.
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
- enterotoxin2/5
enterotoxin
- noun a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa
- noun a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa
- vioxx2/5
vioxx
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004
rofecoxib.
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004
- coxa2/5
coxa
- noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
hip; hip joint; articulatio coxae.
- noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
- rofecoxib2/5
rofecoxib
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004
Vioxx.
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004
- minoxidil2/5
minoxidil
- noun a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
Rogaine; Loniten.
- noun a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
- pyridoxal2/5
pyridoxal
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
pyridoxamine; adermin; pyridoxine; vitamin B6.
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
- doxepin2/5
doxepin
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
Sinequan; doxepin hydrochloride; Adapin.
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
- hydroxyzine2/5
hydroxyzine
- noun a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness
Vistaril; hydroxyzine hydrochloride; Atarax.
- noun a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness
- tetrodotoxin2/5
tetrodotoxin
- noun a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
- noun a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
- proxima2/5
proxima
- noun the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years
Proxima Centauri.
- noun the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years
- piroxicam2/5
piroxicam
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
Feldene.
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
- hydroxymethyl2/5
hydroxymethyl
- noun a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms
- noun a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms
- amoxicillin2/5
amoxicillin
- noun an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
Amoxil; Larotid; Trimox; Augmentin; Polymox.
- noun an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- medroxyprogesterone2/5
medroxyprogesterone
- noun a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders
Provera.
- noun a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders
- chlordiazepoxide2/5
chlordiazepoxide
- noun a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
Libritabs; Librium.
- noun a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
- moxie2/5
moxie
- noun fortitude and determination
backbone; grit; gumption; guts; sand.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun fortitude and determination
- cefuroxime2/5
cefuroxime
- noun a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges
Zinacef; Ceftin.
- noun a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges
- hydroxyapatite2/5
- foxe2/5
fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- voxels2/5
- deoxyribonucleic2/5
deoxyribonucleic
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- hepatotoxicity2/5
- wilcoxon2/5
- nephrotoxicity2/5
- hydroxylation2/5
hydroxylation
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- toxoplasma2/5
- toxics2/5
toxic
- adjective of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
- suffering from exposure to toxic substances
- adjective of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
- carboxy2/5
carboxy
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- hematoxylin2/5
hematoxylin
Hæmatoxylin.
- epoxide2/5
epoxide
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- carboxylase2/5
carboxylase
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- thromboxane2/5
thromboxane
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- peroxisome2/5
peroxisome
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- doxa2/5
doxa
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- proximately2/5
proximate
- adjective closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
- news of his proximate arrival
- interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals
- adjective satellite very close in space or time
- proximate words
- proximate houses
- adjective closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
- roxie2/5
roxie
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- deoxy2/5
deoxy
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- methoxy2/5
methoxy
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- sulfoxide2/5
sulfoxide
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- ototoxicity2/5
ototoxicity
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- peroxisomes2/5
- peroxisomal2/5
- roxburgh2/5
roxburgh
A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.
- hydroxyurea2/5
- cardiotoxicity2/5
- hoxha2/5
- moxibustion2/5
moxibustion
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- ecotoxicology2/5
- hydroxybutyrate2/5
hydroxybutyrate
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- hydroxytryptamine2/5
hydroxytryptamine
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- coxsackie2/5
coxsackie
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- hydroxylated2/5
- doxastic2/5
doxastic
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- hydroperoxide2/5
hydroperoxide
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- ferredoxin2/5
ferredoxin
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- dihydroxy2/5
dihydroxy
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- hypoxanthine2/5
- hydroperoxides2/5
- proxied2/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- dioxane2/5
dioxane
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- interproximal2/5
interproximal
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- tricarboxylic2/5
tricarboxylic
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- hypoxaemia2/5
- epoxidation2/5
- toxicosis2/5
toxicosis
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- clinopyroxene2/5
clinopyroxene
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- moxa2/5
moxa
(Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis , and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
- hydroxylamine2/5
hydroxylamine
(Chem.) A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH , resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
- epoxides2/5
- carboxypeptidase2/5
carboxypeptidase
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- carboxylation2/5
carboxylation
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- kickboxing2/5
kickboxing
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- paradoxus2/5
paradoxus
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- alkoxide2/5
alkoxide
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- ochratoxin2/5
ochratoxin
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- amphioxus1/5
amphioxus
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
lancelet.
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
- carboxylates1/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- carboxylated1/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- detoxifies1/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- decarboxylated1/5
decarboxylate
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- the compound decarboxylated
- verb remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- decarboxylate1/5
decarboxylate
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- the compound decarboxylated
- verb remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- foxhunting1/5
foxhunt
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
fox hunting.
- verb hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
- poxvirus1/5
poxvirus
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- foxhounds1/5
foxhound
- noun medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes
- noun medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes
- unorthodoxy1/5
unorthodoxy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
heresy; heterodoxy.
- noun a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
heresy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- poxviruses1/5
poxvirus
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- foxhound1/5
foxhound
- noun medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes
- noun medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes
- intoxicates1/5
intoxicate
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- verb make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
inebriate; soak.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- unboxing1/5
- unboxed1/5
- heterodoxies1/5
heterodoxy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
unorthodoxy; heresy.
- noun the quality of being unorthodox
unorthodoxy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- xeroxes1/5
xerox
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
xerox copy.
- noun a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
Xerox machine; xerographic copier.
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
- obnoxiousness1/5
obnoxiousness
- noun the quality of being hateful
objectionableness; hatefulness.
- noun the quality of being hateful
- deoxidized1/5
deoxidize
- verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
reduce; deoxidise.
- verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- foxhunt1/5
foxhunt
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
fox hunting.
- verb hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
- gloxinia1/5
gloxinia
- noun any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
- noun any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
- noxiousness1/5
noxiousness
- noun the quality of being noxious
noisomeness; harmfulness.
- noun the quality of being noxious
- deoxidizing1/5
deoxidize
- verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
reduce; deoxidise.
- verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- pentoxide1/5
pentoxide
- noun an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- proximities1/5
proximity
- noun the property of being close together
propinquity.
- noun the region close around a person or thing
- noun the property of being close together
- approximative1/5
approximative
- adjective satellite not quite exact or correct
rough; approximate.
- the approximate time was 10 o'clock
- a rough guess
- a ballpark estimate
- adjective satellite not quite exact or correct
- foxgloves1/5
foxglove
- noun any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
digitalis.
- noun any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
- xeroxed1/5
xerox
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
xerox copy.
- noun a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
Xerox machine; xerographic copier.
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
- hydroxyls1/5
hydroxyl
- noun the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
hydroxyl radical; hydroxyl group.
- noun the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
- shoeboxes1/5
shoebox
- noun a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)
- noun an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes
- noun a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)
- obnoxiously1/5
obnoxiously
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
offensively; objectionably.
- he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
- doxy1/5
doxy
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; concubine; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- foxed1/5
fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- sandboxes1/5
sandbox
- noun mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
sandpit; sandpile.
- noun mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- coxcombs1/5
coxcomb
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockscomb.
- noun a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
cockscomb.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- siloxanes1/5
siloxane
- noun any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
- noun any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
- shadowboxing1/5
shadowboxing
- noun sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- verb go through boxing motions without an opponent
shadowbox.
- noun sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- iceboxes1/5
icebox
- noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
refrigerator.
- noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
- foxing1/5
fox
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; slyboots.
- noun alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- dioxides1/5
dioxide
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- phytotoxins1/5
phytotoxin
- noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
plant toxin.
- noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
- xeroxing1/5
xerox
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
xerox copy.
- noun a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
Xerox machine; xerographic copier.
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
- skyboxes1/5
skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- foxtails1/5
foxtail
- noun grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
foxtail grass.
- noun grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
- phytotoxin1/5
phytotoxin
- noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
plant toxin.
- noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
- unoxygenated1/5
unoxygenated
- adjective satellite (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen
unaerated.
- adjective satellite (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen
- doxies1/5
doxy
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; concubine; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- superoxides1/5
superoxide
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- noun the univalent anion O2-
superoxide anion.
- much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- phloxes1/5
phlox
- noun any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
- noun any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
- foxtrots1/5
foxtrot
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
fox-trot.
- verb dance the foxtrot
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
- poxes1/5
pox
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
lues venerea; syph; lues; syphilis.
- noun a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
- boxlike1/5
boxlike
- adjective satellite resembling a box in rectangularity
boxy; box-shaped.
- adjective satellite resembling a box in rectangularity
- gearboxes1/5
gearbox
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
gear case; gear box.
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
- pyroxenes1/5
pyroxene
- noun any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- noun any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- antitoxins1/5
antitoxin
- noun an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- noun an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- cytotoxin1/5
cytotoxin
- noun any substance that has a toxic effect on cells
- noun any substance that has a toxic effect on cells
- toxaemia1/5
toxaemia
- noun an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
toxemia; toxemia of pregnancy; toxaemia of pregnancy.
- noun blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood
toxemia.
- noun an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
- dicloxacillin1/5
dicloxacillin
- noun antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin
Dynapen.
- noun antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin
- toxicodendron1/5
toxicodendron
- noun in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America
genus Toxicodendron.
- noun in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America
- matchboxes1/5
matchbox
- noun a box for holding matches
- noun a box for holding matches
- deoxycytidine1/5
deoxycytidine
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose
cytidine.
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose
- outfoxed1/5
outfox
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- deoxyguanosine1/5
deoxyguanosine
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose
guanosine.
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose
- anatoxin1/5
anatoxin
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
toxoid.
- diphtheria toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
- reboxetine1/5
reboxetine
- noun an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine
Edronax.
- noun an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine
- detoxing1/5
detox
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detoxify.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- deoxyadenosine1/5
deoxyadenosine
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose
- loxodonta1/5
loxodonta
- noun a genus of Elephantidae
genus Loxodonta.
- noun a genus of Elephantidae
- doxologies1/5
doxology
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- snuffboxes1/5
snuffbox
- noun a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- noun a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- cytotoxins1/5
cytotoxin
- noun any substance that has a toxic effect on cells
- noun any substance that has a toxic effect on cells
- hepatotoxins1/5
hepatotoxin
- noun any toxin that affects the liver
- noun any toxin that affects the liver
- dihydroxyphenylalanine1/5
dihydroxyphenylalanine
- noun amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
dopa.
- noun amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
- boxful1/5
boxful
- noun the quantity contained in a box
box.
- he gave her a box of chocolates
- noun the quantity contained in a box
- coxsackieviruses1/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- monocarboxylic1/5
monocarboxylic
- adjective containing one carboxyl group
- adjective containing one carboxyl group
- deoxythymidine1/5
deoxythymidine
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose
thymidine.
- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose
- boxwoods1/5
boxwood
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
Turkish boxwood.
- noun evergreen shrubs or small trees
box.
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
- coxes1/5
cox
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
cyclooxygenase.
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
coxswain.
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
- phoxinus1/5
phoxinus
- noun minnows
genus Phoxinus.
- noun minnows
- hatboxes1/5
hatbox
- noun a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
- noun a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
- coxswains1/5
coxswain
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
cox.
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- bandboxes1/5
bandbox
- noun a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
- noun a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
- chatterboxes1/5
chatterbox
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
stream orchid; giant helleborine; Epipactis gigantea.
- noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
prater; chatterer; spouter; magpie; babbler.
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
- trihydroxy1/5
trihydroxy
- adjective containing three hydroxyl groups
- adjective containing three hydroxyl groups
- loxia1/5
loxia
- noun crossbill
genus Loxia.
- noun crossbill
- erythroxylum1/5
erythroxylum
- noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon.
- noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
- decarboxylases1/5
decarboxylase
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- erythroxylon1/5
erythroxylon
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. SeeCoca .
- hepatotoxin1/5
hepatotoxin
- noun any toxin that affects the liver
- noun any toxin that affects the liver
- soapboxes1/5
soapbox
- noun a crate for packing soap
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
stump; podium; ambo; pulpit; dais; rostrum.
- noun a crate for packing soap
- dideoxyinosine1/5
dideoxyinosine
- noun an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection
DDI; didanosine.
- noun an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection
- pyroxylin1/5
pyroxylin
- noun highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
pyroxyline.
- noun highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
- strongboxes1/5
strongbox
- noun a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
deedbox.
- noun a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
- metroxylon1/5
metroxylon
- noun a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
genus Metroxylon.
- noun a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
- dimethylglyoxime1/5
dimethylglyoxime
- noun a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel
- noun a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel
- detoxed1/5
detox
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detoxify.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- peroxided1/5
peroxide
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
hydrogen peroxide.
- noun an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
- pomoxis1/5
pomoxis
- noun crappies
genus Pomoxis.
- noun crappies
- outfoxing1/5
outfox
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb outdo someone in trickery
- toxostoma1/5
toxostoma
- noun thrashers
genus Toxostoma.
- noun thrashers
- anatoxins1/5
anatoxin
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
toxoid.
- diphtheria toxoid
- noun a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
- postboxes1/5
postbox
- noun public box for deposit of mail
letter box; mailbox.
- noun public box for deposit of mail
- toolboxes1/5
toolbox
- noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
tool case; tool cabinet; tool chest.
- noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
- proximo1/5
proximo
- adjective satellite in or of the next month after the present
prox.
- scheduled for the 6th prox
- adjective satellite in or of the next month after the present
- diazoxide1/5
diazoxide
- noun vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
Hyperstat.
- noun vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
- enterotoxins1/5
enterotoxin
- noun a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa
- noun a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa
- coxae1/5
coxa
- noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
hip; hip joint; articulatio coxae.
- noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
- thyroxin1/5
thyroxin
- noun hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
T; thyroxine; tetraiodothyronine.
- thyroxine is 65% iodine
- noun hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
- thyrotoxic1/5
thyrotoxic
- adjective of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism
- adjective of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism
- methylenedioxymethamphetamine1/5
methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- noun a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States
MDMA.
- MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time
- noun a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States
- digitoxin1/5
digitoxin
- noun digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia
- noun digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia
- lanoxin1/5
lanoxin
- noun digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully
digoxin.
- noun digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully
- saxitoxin1/5
saxitoxin
- noun a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans
- noun a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans
- sulfisoxazole1/5
sulfisoxazole
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract
Gantrisin.
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract
- loxapine1/5
loxapine
- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
Loxitane.
- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
- isocarboxazid1/5
isocarboxazid
- noun a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression
Marplan.
- noun a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression
- valdecoxib1/5
valdecoxib
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
Bextra.
- noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
- antitoxic1/5
antitoxic
- adjective satellite counteracting a toxin or poison
- adjective satellite counteracting a toxin or poison
- floxuridine1/5
floxuridine
- noun antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair
- noun antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair
- pyridoxamine1/5
pyridoxamine
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
adermin; pyridoxine; pyridoxal; vitamin B6.
- noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
- zanthoxylum1/5
zanthoxylum
- noun deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash
genus Zanthoxylum.
- noun deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash
- fireboxes1/5
firebox
- noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
- noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
- lockboxes1/5
lockbox
- noun a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
safety deposit box; safe-deposit box; deposit box; safety-deposit; safe-deposit.
- noun a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
- loxitane1/5
loxitane
- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
loxapine.
- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia
- enterotoxemia1/5
enterotoxemia
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines
- mefoxin1/5
mefoxin
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
cephalosporin.
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
- cefadroxil1/5
cefadroxil
- noun a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)
Ultracef.
- noun a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)
- amoxil1/5
amoxil
- noun an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
amoxicillin; Larotid; Trimox; Augmentin; Polymox.
- noun an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- innoxious1/5
innoxious
- adjective satellite having no adverse effect
- adjective satellite having no adverse effect
- autoxidation1/5
- photooxidation1/5
- phytotoxicity1/5
- zooxanthellae1/5
- carboxyhemoglobin1/5
carboxyhemoglobin
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- approximant1/5
approximant
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- phototoxicity1/5
- toxaphene1/5
- peroxy1/5
peroxy
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- phenoxy1/5
phenoxy
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- toxigenic1/5
toxigenic
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- alkoxy1/5
alkoxy
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- phytotoxic1/5
phytotoxic
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- orthopyroxene1/5
- dihydroxyacetone1/5
- toxocara1/5
- carboxymethyl1/5
carboxymethyl
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- phototoxic1/5
phototoxic
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- alkoxides1/5
- hypoxemic1/5
hypoxemic
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- foxfire1/5
foxfire
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- toxicon1/5
- dimethylsulfoxide1/5
dimethylsulfoxide
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- polysiloxane1/5
polysiloxane
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- diphenoxylate1/5
- roxburghe1/5
- peroxyl1/5
peroxyl
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- phenoxybenzamine1/5
- amoxycillin1/5
- reoxidation1/5
reoxidation
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- thromboxanes1/5
- cardiotoxic1/5
cardiotoxic
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- approximants1/5
- haematoxylin1/5
- proxying1/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- letterboxed1/5
- deoxygenation1/5
deoxygenation
(Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
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- detoxication1/5
detoxication
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- coxal1/5
coxal
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- lymphotoxin1/5
- bromodeoxyuridine1/5
bromodeoxyuridine
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- carboxymethylcellulose1/5
carboxymethylcellulose
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- poxy1/5
poxy
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- ethoxy1/5
ethoxy
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- glyoxal1/5
glyoxal
(Chem.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2 , obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
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doxological
Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.
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proxemic
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- cloxacillin1/5
cloxacillin
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hydroxybenzoic
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- hydroxybutyric1/5
hydroxybutyric
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- immunotoxin1/5
immunotoxin
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- sulfadoxine1/5
- toxocariasis1/5
- approximator1/5
approximator
One who, or that which, approximates.
- deoxyribonuclease1/5
deoxyribonuclease
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- methoxychlor1/5
- protoxide1/5
protoxide
(Chem.) That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See Proto- , 2(b) .
- deoxycorticosterone1/5
deoxycorticosterone
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- alloxan1/5
alloxan
(Chem.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
- paradoxic1/5
paradoxic
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- immunotoxins1/5
- methoxyflurane1/5
- inboxes1/5
inboxes
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- hydroxylapatite1/5
- picrotoxin1/5
picrotoxin
(Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.
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deoxyribonucleotides
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- toxoplasmic1/5
- deoxidation1/5
deoxidation
(Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
- methoxide1/5
- nitroxyl1/5
nitroxyl
(Chem.) The group NO2 , usually called thenitro group .
- hydroxamic1/5
- reoxidized1/5
- endoperoxide1/5
endoperoxide
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- polysiloxanes1/5
- methoxyl1/5
methoxyl
(Chem.) A hypothetical radical, CH3O , analogous to hydroxyl.
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- pyroxenite1/5
pyroxenite
(Min.) A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.
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lunchboxes
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- cryptoxanthin1/5
- sesquioxide1/5
sesquioxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, .Al2O3 is asesquioxide
- podophyllotoxin1/5
podophyllotoxin
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- unoxidized1/5
- autointoxication1/5
autointoxication
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- sesquioxides1/5
sesquioxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, .Al2O3 is asesquioxide
- proximus1/5
proximus
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- roxburghii1/5
roxburghii
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immunotoxic
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- proxime1/5
proxime
Next; immediately preceding or following. Obs.
- fucoxanthin1/5
- toxicologically1/5
toxicological
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
toxicologic.
- adjective of or relating to toxicology
- biotoxins1/5
- sulphoxide1/5
sulphoxide
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- idoxuridine1/5
- dioxid1/5
dioxid
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muskoxen
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- ethoxide1/5
ethoxide
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- deoxyribonucleotide1/5
deoxyribonucleotide
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- polyhydroxy1/5
polyhydroxy
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- doxography1/5
- sulfoxides1/5
- detoxifier1/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
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- epoxidized1/5
- isoxazole1/5
isoxazole
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- hoxes1/5
- photooxidative1/5
- floxed1/5
floxed
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- autooxidation1/5
- proxenus1/5
- intoxicatingly1/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- letterboxing1/5
- approximatively1/5
approximative
- adjective satellite not quite exact or correct
rough; approximate.
- the approximate time was 10 o'clock
- a rough guess
- a ballpark estimate
- adjective satellite not quite exact or correct
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melanoxylon
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paradoxal
Paradoxical. Obs.
- letterboxes1/5
letterboxes
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carboxypeptidases
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anaphylatoxin
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- foxite1/5
foxite
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suboxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium .suboxide ,K4O
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- noxa1/5
noxa
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- alkoxyl1/5
- sulphamethoxazole1/5
sulphamethoxazole
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- orthodoxly1/5
orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
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- epoxied1/5
epoxy
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy resin; epoxy glue.
- verb glue with epoxy
- epoxy the shards
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
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glyoxylic
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orthodox
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
- an orthodox view of the world
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
Jewish-Orthodox.
- Orthodox Judaism
- adjective adhering to what is commonly accepted
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- foxhunter1/5
foxhunt
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
fox hunting.
- verb hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
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pyroxenite
(Min.) A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.
- noxzema1/5
noxzema
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foxlike
Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
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- indoxyl1/5
indoxyl
(Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO , isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.
- boxen1/5
boxen
Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box ( R.Buxus ).The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden.
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polyhydroxybutyrate
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- toxicoses1/5
toxicoses
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coxcombry
The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.
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- sulfadimethoxine1/5
- biotoxin1/5
biotoxin
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quinoxaline
(Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. Written also chinoxaline .
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- dioxan1/5
dioxan
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- boxroom1/5
boxroom
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- foxie1/5
foxy
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
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carboxylases
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- coxofemoral1/5
- sideroxylon1/5
sideroxylon
(Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
- hydroxylamines1/5
hydroxylamine
(Chem.) A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH , resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
- toxa1/5
toxa
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- butoxy1/5
butoxy
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- hydroxylate1/5
hydroxylate
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- foxwood1/5
foxwood
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- fungitoxic1/5
fungitoxic
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- dimethylsulphoxide1/5
dimethylsulphoxide
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- atoxyl1/5
atoxyl
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- doxie1/5
doxy
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; concubine; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
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- paradoxy1/5
paradoxy
A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
- poxed1/5
pox
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
lues venerea; syph; lues; syphilis.
- noun a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
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- proximation1/5
proximation
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- toxically1/5
toxical
Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, .toxic medicines
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leucoxene
(Min.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.
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