benoxafos

B3E1N1O1X8A1F4O1S1

noun

A pesticide.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounbenoxafos (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA pesticide.

Origin

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Englishoxi-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*né
  21. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  22. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  23. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  24. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  26. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  27. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  28. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  29. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  30. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  31. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  32. Frenchazote
  33. Englishazote
  34. Englishazo-
  35. Englishazole
  36. Englishoxazole
  37. Englishbenzoxazole
  38. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  39. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  40. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  41. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  42. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  43. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  44. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  45. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  46. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  47. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  48. Latinphōsphorus
  49. Englishphosphorus
  50. Englishbenoxafos

From ben(z)oxa(zole) + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).

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APA

benoxafos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benoxafos

MLA

“benoxafos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benoxafos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benoxafos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benoxafos.

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