8-letter words starting with OX
Every match in the dictionary, most common first.
31 words found
8-letter words 31
- oxytocinhormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
- oxymoronconjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- oxidizedcombined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
- oxidizera substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidisedcombined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
- oxidizesenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxidantsa substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidatedenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxidisesadd oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- oxazepama tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal
- oxpecker
- oxygenic
- oxidatesenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxalated
- oxalatesa salt or ester of oxalic acid
- oxalisesany plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
- oxazines
- oxbloods
- oxheartsany of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
- oxidable
- oxidasesany of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
- oxidasic
- oxidisera substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxtonguewidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
- oxyacidsany acid that contains oxygen
- oxyphile
- oxyphils
- oxysalts
- oxysomes
- oxytocica drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
- oxytonesword having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable