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. |