8-letter words containing o, x, y
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- toxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
- tymcom-x — (operating system) Tymshare's operating system which ran for many years on Tymshare's PDP-10s. It was a descendent of TOPS-10 but had many of the important features of TOPS-20 such as real paging and controllable/spawnable processes. TYMCOM-X, one of the best kept secrets in the PDP-10 folklore, was written by Bill Weiher, Vance Socci <[email protected]>, Allen Ginzburg, Karen Kolling, Art Atkinson, Gary Morgenthaler (founder of the company that produced IDRIS), Todd Corenson and Murray Bowles. Some copies still run today. Most TYMNET development was done under TYMCOM-X and Tymshare sold a TYMCOM-X system to TRW to use in their credit reporting network, which was based on a purchased copy of TYMNET circa 1979.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenogeny — heterogenesis (def 1).
- xenology — (chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- xylenols — Plural form of xylenol.
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
- xyloidin — a type of explosive, C6H9(NO2)O5, made by treating starch with nitric acid
- xylology — (rare) The study of wood.
- xylonite — a type of plastic or celluloid that resembles amber, coral, or tortoise shell and is used in jewellery, combs, or other objects
- xylorcin — (chemistry, dated) A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance that turns red on exposure to air.
- xylotomy — the preparation of sections of wood for examination by microscope