~ 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      id+ | ACUTE  ACCUSE  SHARP  PIERCE | 
           etymology links ACUTE with SHARP from 
  gr       OXUS    = SHARP    
  med>  PAROXYSM     SUDDEN or ACUTE SYMPTOMS
  note  sp OIR       HEAR    ACUTE                see> ACOUSTIC
           OYE       LISTEN                       sug> HEED
  fr       OYER      PERCEIVE SOUND               sug> COGENT
  lat     AUDIRE     HEAR  AUDITORY               sug> AUDIENCE
  biol>    OXYTOCIN  HORMONE THAT IRRITATES or    sug> WOMAN
        STIMULATES THE CONTRACTURE of UTERINE     sug> WOMB
        SMOOTH MUSCLES AFTER A DELIVERY           sug> MATRIX
              and also points to 
~ 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 LIVER 
             note extensions in see> 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       sug> EUPHONIA
  "BENIGN NEGLECT"               <maxim       sug> RHETORIC
  "TO KILL WITH KINDNESS"        <maxim       sug> 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 |