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8-letter words containing o, x, y

  • acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
  • apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
  • auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
  • auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
  • axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
  • bobbysox — bobbysocks
  • boxberry — the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
  • boxology — (graphics)   /bok-sol'*-jee/ ASCII art. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare macrology.
  • cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
  • carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
  • chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
  • convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
  • detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
  • dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
  • doxology — a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.
  • easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
  • exocytic — Of or pertaining to exocytosis.
  • exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
  • foxberry — the cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
  • gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
  • grey fox — a greyish American fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, inhabiting arid and woody regions from S North America to N South America
  • hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  • hexapody — a measure consisting of six feet.
  • hydroxy- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of one or more hydroxyl groups or ions
  • hydroxyl — containing the hydroxyl group.
  • jury box — courtroom: area where jury sits
  • methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
  • mixology — the art or skill of preparing mixed drinks.
  • moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
  • myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
  • myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
  • nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
  • oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
  • oxymoron — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
  • oxysalts — any salt of an oxyacid.
  • oxytocia — rapid childbirth.
  • oxytocic — of or causing the stimulation of the involuntary muscle of the uterus.
  • oxytocin — Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus.
  • oxytonic — (of a word) having the stress or acute accent on the last syllable
  • paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
  • play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
  • polyaxon — a nerve cell with multiple branches
  • polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
  • pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
  • quixotry — A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
  • rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
  • sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
  • sexology — the study of sexual behavior.
  • taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
  • textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone

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