10-letter words containing x, a
- axial flow — the flow of air parallel to the longitudinal axis of the engine of a jet aircraft
- axial-flow — having a fluid flow parallel to an axis of rotation, as in a turbine.
- axillaries — Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
- axinomancy — prediction of the future using the head of an axe or hatchet
- axiomatics — the study of axioms
- axiomatize — to reduce to a system of basic truths or axioms
- axonometry — the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- ballot box — A ballot box is the box into which ballot papers are put after people have voted.
- battle-axe — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battle-axe, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- battleaxes — Plural form of battleaxe.
- beatboxing — a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments
- beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
- beaux-arts — relating to the classical decorative style, esp that of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- bigarreaux — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry, having firm flesh.
- bikini wax — a treatment to remove hair from the bikini line with hot wax
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- black flux — a reducing flux consisting of finely divided carbon and potassium carbonate.
- black taxi — a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cache-sexe — a small cloth or band worn, as by an otherwise nude dancer, to conceal the genitals
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- carbon tax — A carbon tax is a tax on the burning of fuels such as coal, gas, and oil. Its aim is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
- carborexic — a person who is regarded as being obsessed with reducing their carbon footprint
- carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
- card index — A card index is a number of cards with information written on them which are arranged in a particular order, usually alphabetical, so that you can find the information you want easily.
- castratrix — (chiefly, used in philosophy, or, psychoanalysis) A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- chaetotaxy — the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an insect.
- chalumeaux — Plural form of chalumeau.
- charles ix — 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics
- charles xi — 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
- chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- chillaxing — Present participle of chillax.
- chionodoxa — any plant of the liliaceous genus Chionodoxa, of S Europe and W Asia
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood