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

• a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

• medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes

• One who fears that which is unknown; one who fears people who are different from oneself, especially foreigners.

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

• small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental

• a toxin produced by a fungus

• A synthetic analgesic drug (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in its effects.

• a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

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

• conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')