lox
loks
- n a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
 - n brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
 
- A second, 900-gal, tank, carefully insulated, carries "lox" (liquid oxygen), which is also needed by rockets.
 - When burned with liquid oxygen ("lox"), liquid hydrogen delivers 40% more thrust than currently used fuels, can double the payload of a satellite-carrying rocket.
 - This is like offering lox to a dog: I've given Joe the chance to enlighten his feckless bro.