Words containing x

2-hydroxybenzoic acid means: a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes

5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme a reductase means: a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol

5-hydroxytryptamine means: a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

abaxial means: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism

abaxially means: in an abaxial manner

abdominal external oblique muscle means: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

abdominal nerve plexus means: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

abstract expressionism means: a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

abudefduf saxatilis means: large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

acacia melanoxylon means: tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

argentinidae means: small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts

bardeen means: United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)

basketball team means: a team that plays basketball

bette davis means: United States film actress (1908-1989)

class scyphozoa means: coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes

cola acuminata means: tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract

edginess means: feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable

eib means: a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes

genus abelmoschus means: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers

leveraging means: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

lobeliaceous means: belonging to the family Lobeliaceae

menominee means: the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini

menominee means: a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin

peck means: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

peck means: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

peck means: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

peck means: bother persistently with trivial complaints

peck means: eat like a bird

peck means: eat by pecking at, like a bird

peck means: hit lightly with a picking motion