Nouns Starting With OX
Here's the list of all the 144 Nouns Starting With OX in the English Language.
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| oxford | 1. a low shoe laced over the instep More Definitions → |
| oxygen | 1. a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust More Definitions → |
| oxide | 1. any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical More Definitions → |
| oxidation | 1. the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction More Definitions → |
| ox | 1. an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus 2. any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos More Definitions → |
| oxidase | 1. any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation More Definitions → |
| oxen | 1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age 2. an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus More Definitions → |
| oxidoreductase | 1. an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction More Definitions → |
| oxymoron | 1. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') More Definitions → |
| oxidant | 1. a substance that oxidizes another substance More Definitions → |
| oxytocin | 1. hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk More Definitions → |
| oxbow | 1. the land inside an oxbow bend in a river 2. a U-shaped curve in a stream More Definitions → |
| oxygenation | 1. the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen More Definitions → |
| oxalate | 1. a salt or ester of oxalic acid More Definitions → |
| oxidizer | 1. a substance that oxidizes another substance More Definitions → |
| oxygenase | 1. an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen More Definitions → |
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