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8-letter words containing x, a, n

  • polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
  • relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
  • relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
  • rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
  • sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
  • saxonian — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
  • saxonism — an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.
  • saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
  • sexenary — senary.
  • shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
  • siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
  • subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
  • synaxary — synaxarion.
  • syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
  • taxation — the act of taxing.
  • taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
  • tetraxon — a four-pointed spicule
  • the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
  • tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
  • toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
  • transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • undertax — to tax at an insufficient level
  • uniaxial — having one axis.
  • unixware — (operating system)   Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
  • unsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
  • vexation — the act of vexing.
  • wax bean — a variety of string bean bearing yellowish, waxy pods.
  • waxiness — The quality of being waxy.
  • waxplant — a shrubby climbing plant, Hoya carnosa, of the milkweed family, native to Australia, with umbels of waxy pink or white flowers.
  • waxwings — Plural form of waxwing.
  • xankāndi — capital of Nagorno-Karabakh: pop. 33,000
  • xanthans — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
  • xanthate — a salt or ester of xanthic acid.
  • xanthein — the part of the coloring matter in yellow flowers that is soluble in water. Compare xanthin (def 1).
  • xanthene — a yellow, crystalline substance, C 13 H 10 O, soluble in ether and slightly soluble in alcohol, used in organic synthesis and as a fungicide.
  • xanthian — of or relating to the ancient city of Xanthus.
  • xanthide — (obsolete, organic chemistry) Any derivative of xanthogen.
  • xanthine — a crystalline, nitrogenous compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 O 2 , related to uric acid, occurring in urine, blood, and certain animal and vegetable tissues.
  • xanthism — a condition of skin, fur, or feathers in which yellow coloration predominates
  • xanthoma — a yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits.
  • xanthone — (organic compound) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
  • xanthous — yellow.
  • xantippe — flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.
  • xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
  • xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
  • xeransis — the gradual loss of tissue moisture
  • xerantic — pertaining to xeransis
  • xiangtan — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
  • xinjiang — autonomous region of NW China, between Tibet & Kazakhstan: 635,832 sq mi (1,646,799 sq km); pop. 15,370,000; cap. Ürümqi
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