5-letter words containing e, x
- nixie — a female water spirit.
- nomex — a lightweight, fire-resistant, nylon fiber made into garments, aircraft upholstery, etc.
- oxeye — any of several composite plants, especially of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
- oxide — a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
- oxime — any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- oxter — the armpit.
- paxes — the Roman goddess of peace.
- pixel — picture element
- pixes — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pixie — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- podex — the posterior of an animal
- prexy — a president, especially of a college or university.
- pyrex — Pyrex is a type of strong glass which is used for making bowls and dishes that do not break when you cook things in them.
- pyxes — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pyxie — either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the eastern U.S., having numerous small, starlike blossoms and growing in sandy soil.
- raxed — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- raxes — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- redex — Reducible Expression. An expression matching the left hand side of a reduction rule or definition.
- redox — oxidation-reduction
- redux — brought back; resurgent: the Victorian era redux.
- refix — to repair; mend.
- regex — The GNU regular expression matching library. See also Rx.
- relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- remex — one of the flight feathers of the wing.
- remix — to mix again.
- retax — a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- retox — to embark on a binge of drink, drugs, or unhealthy food after a period of abstinence
- rewax — to wax again
- robex — ROBot EXapt. Aachen Tech College. Based on EXAPT. Version: ROBEX-M for micros.
- saxes — a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
- sexed — being of a particular sex or having sexual characteristics.
- sexer — a person trained to determine the sex of an animal, usually chickens
- sexes — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- sexi- — sex-
- silex — flint; silica.
- sixer — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sixte — the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- sorex — a shrew or related animal
- taxed — a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- taxes — a plural of taxi.
- telex — (sometimes initial capital letter) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
- texan — a state in the S United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code).
- texas — a state in the S United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code).
- texel — an island off the N coast of the Netherlands, in the North Sea: largest of the West Frisian Islands. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- tnxe6 — Thanks a million. "E" is used in many programming languages to separate the mantissa and exponent of a floating-point constant so a number ending in "E6" means "times ten to the power six", i.e. times a million.
- unsex — to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
- vaxen — /vak'sn/ (From "oxen", perhaps influenced by "vixen") The plural canonically used among hackers for the DEC VAX computers. "Our installation has four PDP-10s and twenty vaxen." See boxen.
- vexed — irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
- vexes — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- vexil — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.