The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
coyolxauhqui
dihydroxysuccinic
dihydroxytoluene
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide
erythroxylaceous
erythroxylaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging or relating to the Erythroxylaceae.
erythroxylum
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
heterosexuality
heterosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex.
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.
heterosexually
heterosexually
adj
In a heterosexual way.
hexadactylous
hexadactylous
adj
(zoology) Having six fingers or toes.
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hexaphyllous
hexaphyllous
adj
(botany) Having six leaves or leaflets.
homosexuality
homosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.
The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
homosexually
homosexually
adv
In a homosexual way.
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydroxyanthraquinone
hydroxyanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.
hydroxybutyricacid
hydroxyurea
hydroxyurea
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH₂CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound
hydroxyureas
hydroxyureas
noun
plural of hydroxyurea
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any perchlorate.
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hypodiazeuxis
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
indoxylsulphuric
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
nonexhaustively
onychauxis
oxyacanthous
oxyanthraquinone
oxybaphus
oxycephalous
oxygnathous
oxygnathous
adj
Having a smooth jaw
oxynaphtoquinone
oxyphilous
oxyphyllous
oxyrhinous
oxyrhynchous
oxyrhynchus
oxyrhynchus
noun
(ichthyology) Mormyrus kannume
(ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
oxysulphid
oxysulphide
oxysulphide
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfide
philoxygenous
pneumohydrothorax
pneumopyothorax
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
psychosexual
psychosexual
adj
Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
psychosexuality
psychosexuality
noun
The psychological aspects of sexuality.
psychosexually
psychosexually
adv
In a psychosexual manner or context.
pyopneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of air (or other gas) and pus in the pleural cavity.
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxia
noun
Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
sulphoxylate
sulphoxylate
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxylate
sulphoxylic
sulphoxyphosphate
ultraorthodoxy
ultraorthodoxy
noun
The quality of being ultraorthodox.
unhoaxability
unlexicographically
unorthodoxically
unorthodoxly
unorthodoxly
adv
In an unorthodox manner, unconventionally.
unorthodoxy
unorthodoxy
noun
Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
xanthophyllous
xanthophyllous
adj
Of or relating to xanthophyll.
xenorhynchus
xerophyllum
xiphophyllous
xiphophyllous
adj
(botany) Having sword-shaped leaves
xylophagous
xylophagous
adj
Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)
Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
xylophagus
xylophilous
xylophilous
adj
Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.
zanthoxylum
zanthoxylum
noun
Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.