8-letter words containing xy
- acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
- apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
- 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.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- e galaxy — a type of galaxy having the shape of a spheroid or ellipsoid, rather than a disk.
- hexylene — a liquid hydrocarbon similar to ethylene
- hydroxy- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of one or more hydroxyl groups or ions
- hydroxyl — containing the hydroxyl group.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- 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.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- xylenols — Plural form of xylenol.
- xylidine — Any one of six isomeric compounds that are derived from xylene and used in the manufacture of dyes.
- 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
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