11-letter words containing x, a
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- axe-breaker — an Australian oleaceous tree, Notelaea longifolia, yielding very hard timber
- axenization — (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- axiomatical — Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- axle grease — lubricant for axles
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- ball of wax — everything, including all details, parts, etc., relating to a particular matter: He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.
- bass reflex — a loudspeaker equipped with a baffle having openings designed to improve the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- betting tax — a tax on gambling
- bisexuality — Biology. of both sexes. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
- cabaret tax — a tax levied on entertainment, dancing, floor shows, etc., at places where liquor is served, as at cabarets and nightclubs.
- calixtus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
- canada lynx — a North American lynx (Lynx lynx canadensis) with tufted ears and a stubby tail
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- cardiotoxic — Chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart.
- ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- charles xii — 1682–1718, king of Sweden (1697–1718), who inflicted defeats on Denmark, Russia, and Poland during the Great Northern War (1700–21)
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
- christian x — 1890–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1918–44)
- cloxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms
- consolatrix — a woman who consoles
- copropraxia — An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures.
- council tax — In Britain, council tax is a tax that you pay to your local authority in order to pay for local services such as schools, libraries, and rubbish collection. The amount of council tax that you pay depends on the value of the house or flat where you live.
- coxcombical — of or resembling the characteristic nature of a coxcomb
- crux ansata — the ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- death taxes — Death taxes were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- deoxidation — (mineralogy) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved oxygen, with the aid of a reducing agent.
- deoxygenate — to remove oxygen from (water, air, etc)
- desexualise — Alternative spelling of desexualize.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.