9-letter words containing x, h
- heterodox — not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
- heterosex — heterosexuality.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- hexacanth — (zoology) Having six larval hooks.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- hexameral — hexamerous.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hexameron — hexaemeron.
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- hexateuch — the first six books of the Old Testament.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hydroxide — a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypertext — a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonsequentially.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
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- john xiii — died a.d. 972, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 965–972.
- john xvii — (Sicco) died 1003, pope 1003.
- john xxii — (Jacques Duèse) c1244–1334, French ecclesiastic: pope 1316–34.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- lexophile — A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- methoxide — methylate (def 1).
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- orthodoxy — orthodox belief or practice.
- oxon hill — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- oxyphilic — acidophilic.
- phenoxide — phenolate (def 1).
- phone box — A phone box is a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone.
- phone sex — sexually explicit conversations engaged in on a telephone, usually for a fee.
- pixie hat — a hat, usually knitted, that comes to a point
- pompholyx — a type of eczema
- prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
- prothorax — the anterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the first pair of legs.