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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