9-letter words starting with OX
Every match in the dictionary, most common first.
18 words found
9-letter words 18
- oxidationthe process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- oxygenateimpregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- oxidizingenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxidativetaking place in the presence of oxygen
- oxidizersa substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxacillina form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
- oxidisingadd oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- oxpeckers
- oxidisersa substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxymoronsconjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- oxytocinshormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
- oxalating
- oxazepamsa tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal
- oxidatingenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- oxtongueswidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
- oxyphiles
- oxyphilic
- oxytocicsa drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus