9-Letter Words Containing: O,X,I,N,S

• either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

• (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

• a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium

• hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells

• the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation

• a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

• a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years

• hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk

• the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew