9-Letter Words Starting: OX

• change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)

• dehydrogenate with oxygen

• impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

• a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal

• enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

• add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

• a substance that oxidizes another substance

• Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, in the monotypic family Buphagidae, endemic to sub-Saharan African savannah.

• a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus

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

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