8-Letter Words Containing: N,O,T,X

• mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox

• hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs

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

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

• a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

• a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

• (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification

• practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

• any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries

• a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• the activity of fastening something firmly in position

• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

• anger produced by some annoying irritation

• the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• the act of troubling or annoying someone