Nouns

oxyacetylene

noun

a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high tempe...

oxybenzene

noun

a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benze...

oxyacid

noun

any acid that contains oxygen

oxycephaly

noun

a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull...

oxyhaemoglobin

noun

the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobi...

oxytetracycline

noun

a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtai...

oxytocic

noun

a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the...

oxytone

noun

word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

oystercatcher

noun

black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on...

ozonide

noun

any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from...

p

noun

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family tha...

ozonosphere

noun

a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that...

pablum

noun

worthless or oversimplified ideas

pabulum

noun

any substance that can be used as food

pacesetter

noun

a horse used to set the pace in racing

pachisi

noun

an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cro...

pachysandra

noun

any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen he...

pacificism

noun

the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

packhorse

noun

a workhorse used as a pack animal

packman

noun

someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the stree...

packsaddle

noun

a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached

packthread

noun

a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages

padauk

noun

tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a...

paddlefish

noun

primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddl...

paddymelon

noun

small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia...

pademelon

noun

small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia...

paderewski

noun

Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Ministe...

padouk

noun

tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a...

padova

noun

a city in Veneto

paederasty

noun

sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal inter...

paederast

noun

a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive...

paeonia

noun

peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

pagination

noun

the system of numbering pages

paget

noun

English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis...

pahlavi

noun

Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentali...

pahang

noun

sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Feder...

pahoehoe

noun

freely flowing lava

pailful

noun

the quantity contained in a pail

paillasse

noun

mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdu...

painfulness

noun

the quality of being painful

paintbox

noun

a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists'...

palaemon

noun

type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed ge...

palaeobiology

noun

a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and grow...

palaeobotany

noun

the study of fossil plants

palaeoclimatology

noun

the study of the climate of past ages

palaeoecology

noun

the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology

palaeogeography

noun

the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epoch...

palaeology

noun

the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities

palaeontology

noun

the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related...

palaestra

noun

a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the trai...