9-letter words containing x, e
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- bissextus — February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
- blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- box elder — a medium-sized fast-growing widely cultivated North American maple, Acer negundo, which has compound leaves with lobed leaflets
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- box score — In baseball and basketball, a box score is a printed table of statistics showing how each player performed in a game.
- box store — a retail store that sells a limited assortment of basic grocery items, often, as at a warehouse, displayed in their original cartons in order to lower costs and prices.
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boxed out — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
- boxkeeper — an attendant responsible for theatre boxes
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- bruxelles — Brussels
- buxtehude — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1637–1707, Danish composer and organist, resident in Germany from 1668, who influenced Bach and Handel
- cable box — an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- celecoxib — an anti-inflammatory drug
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- charles x — title of Charles Gustavus. 1622–60, king of Sweden, who warred with Poland and Denmark in an attempt to create a unified Baltic state
- chartreux — a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur
- check box — square for marking with a tick
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- cissexual — noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.
- cleartext — (cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text.
- clement x — (Emilio Altieri) 1590–1676, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1670–76.
- coexisted — Simple past tense and past participle of coexist.
- complex's — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- complexed — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- complexes — Plural form of complex.
- complexly — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- complexus — a complicated whole made up of interconnected or related parts
- confluxes — Plural form of conflux.
- connexion — the act or state of connecting.
- connexive — connective
- contexted — Simple past tense and past participle of context.
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- copy-text — a manuscript or earlier published version of a text, used as the basis for an emended, scholarly edition
- coxsackie — Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus.
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- data-text — (tool) A system from Harvard for numerical computations in the Social Sciences.
- de-excite — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- death tax — a tax on money or property that a person inherits