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LINOXIN n.
A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]
LITHOXYL n.
Petrified wood. [Obs.]
LOXODROMIC a.
Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. Loxodromic curve or line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compas…
LOXODROMICS n.
The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
LOXODROMISM n.
The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
LOXODROMY n.
The science of loxodromics. [R.]
LUMMOX n.
A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler. [Law.]
MEDIOXUMOUS a.
Intermediate. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
MESOXALATE n.
A salt of mesoxalic acid.
MESOXALIC a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2, obtained from amido malonic acid.
METHOXYL n.
A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl.
MONOXIDE n.
An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.
MONOXYLON n.
A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
MONOXYLOUS a.
Made of one piece of wood.
MOROXITE n.
A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.
MOROXYLATE n.
A morate.
MOROXYLIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.
MOXA n. 2 definitions
A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.
MOXIE n. 3 definitions
energy; pep.
MYDATOXIN n.
A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare.
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