~ OXIDATE  result from the action of OXYGEN
~ OXO      denotes SOUR                           sug> PEROXIDE
~ OXODAD   biol> A PLANT OF AN ACID MARSH
~ OXUS     in gr PUNGENT or ACID                  sug> ACERBIC
!!^u       biol> SORREL contains OXALIC ACID      sug> VINEGAR
~ OXY~     prefix
~ OXY      or in gr OXUS denotes SHARP   PIERCING  sug> ACCUSE
           med>  PAROXYSM        SUDDEN or ACUTE SYMPTOMS
           note  sp OIR          HEAR    ACUTE     ACOUSTIC
                    OYE          LISTEN            sug> HEED
              fr   OYER          PERCEIVE SOUND    sug> COGENT
              lat AUDIRE         HEAR  AUDITORY    sug> AUDIENCE
           OXYTOCIN is a HORMONE THAT IRRITATES    sug> WOMAN
                    or STIMULATES THE CONTRACTURE  sug> WOMB
              OF UTERINE AND SMOOTH MUSCLES        sug> MATRIX
              AFTER A DELIVERY                     sug> MOTHER
~ OXYCEPHALY  med> SHARP TOP OF THE HEAD or        sug> TOWER
                   TURRICEPHALY or STEEPLE HEAD    sug> SKULL
~ OXYGEN      in ukr KISLOROD = OXYGEN or SOUR GENERATOR
                     KISLO      SOUR
                          ROD   GENESIS
       sc> LAVOISIER [#] in 1786 named this
           SOUR GAS and ELEMENT O or O2
       EXISTING FREE IN AIR OR IN COMBINATION IN
       WATER AND MANY SOLIDS
       note 3 ISOTOPES WITH ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF 12 17 and 18
       hx> HEAVY OXYGEN WAS ONE AVENUE TO PRODUCE
           ATOMIC BOMBS                       sug> TORPEDO
       biol> ESSENTIAL FOR RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY or
             COMBUSTION OF NUTRIENTS MOSTLY IN THE
             LIVER                            sug> LIVE
~ OXYMORON   id+ IRRITATING MORON             sug> ACERBIC
             also INCONGRUOUS  DISPARITY      sug> PARADOX
  as in CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS              sug> MOROSE
  or CLICHE or EUPHEMISMS which are           sug> EULOGY
  EFFECTIVE "BIG LIE" POLITICAL WEAPONS       EUPHONIA
  "BENIGN NEGLECT"                RHETORIC
  "TO KILL WITH KINDNESS"         CONTRAST
  more modern OXYMORA include                 sug> DISCREPANT
  "UNITED" NATIONS                            sug> NOTION
  SOCIAL "SECURITY"                           sug> SECTOR
  CIVIL "SERVICE"                             sug> VICIOUS
  "PEACE" SOLDIER                             sug> SOLID
  "HONEST" POLICY                             sug> PHONY
  "HEALTH" MANAGMENT ORGANIZATION             sug> RATIONING
   gr   OXYS   = IRRITANT  SHARP              see> WIT
        MOROS    FOOL                         sug> CRETIN
   sp DEMORA     DELAY                        sug> STUPOR
   eng  MORON    MENTALLY SLOW or AMENTIA     sug> STUPID
                 or MENTALLY RETARDED         sug> OLIGOPHRENIA
                 now MENTALLY "CHALLENGED"    sug> DISABLED
   ply> |OXYMORONIC EUPHEMISMS CAN BE EITHER
         A BURLESQUE or A BURDEN OFTEN IMPOSED
         BY A BURLY BUREAUCRATIC BUREAU |

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