8-letter words containing x, e, n
- nextness — The fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.
- nextstep — (operating system) The original multitasking operating system that NeXT, Inc. developed to run on its proprietary NeXT computers (informally known as "black boxes"). NEXTSTEP includes a specific graphical user interface, an interface builder, object-oriented application builder, and several "kits" of prebuilt software objects such as the Indexing Kit for databases. This software runs on top of NeXT's version of the Mach operating system on NeXT, 486, Pentium, HP-PA, and Sun SPARC computers. The official spelling changed from "NeXTstep" to "NeXTStep" to "NeXTSTEP", and finally "NEXTSTEP". The last release of NEXTSTEP was 3.3, which NeXT then developed into "OpenStep". See also: GNUStep.
- oxtongue — any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Picris, having oblong bristly leaves and clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- 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.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- sexenary — senary.
- sexiness — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- spinifex — any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
- spintext — a preacher
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- 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.
- syntexis — the alteration of magma by assimilation of a different mineral or by melting
- tetraxon — a four-pointed spicule
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
- tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- undertax — to tax at an insufficient level
- unexotic — not exotic; ordinary
- unexpert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- unflexed — unbent
- 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.
- unsexist — not sexist
- unsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- uv index — a measure, on a scale of 0 to 11, of the intensity of ultraviolet radiation from the sun at the sun's highest point on a particular day in a particular place, a higher number indicating greater exposure.
- vexation — the act of vexing.
- vixenish — a female fox.
- wax bean — a variety of string bean bearing yellowish, waxy pods.
- waxiness — The quality of being waxy.
- wine box — wine sold in a cubic carton, usually of three-litre capacity, having a plastic lining and a tap for dispensing
- x client — An application process in the X Window System. It gains access to windowing services via the Xlib library. These are translated by the system into X protocol messages to an X server.
- x-linked — of or relating to a trait controlled by a gene or genes on the X chromosome.
- 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.
- 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.
- xanthone — (organic compound) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
- 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.
- xenogeny — heterogenesis (def 1).