5 letter word starting with ox

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
oxbow noun A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox’s neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.
oxeye noun The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy., The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis)., A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers., A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. coeruleus)., The dunlin., A fish; the bogue, or box.
oxfly noun The gadfly of cattle.
oxide noun A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.
oxime noun One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.
oxlip noun The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).
oxter noun The armpit; also, the arm.