7-letter words containing x, i, r
- affixer — a person or a thing that attaches or affixes something
- airprox — a near collision between two or more aircraft
- apraxia — a disorder of the central nervous system caused by brain damage and characterized by impaired ability to carry out purposeful muscular movements
- apraxic — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.
- artifex — (programming, tool) A CASE environment from ARTIS of Turin for the development of large event-driven distributed systems. It has code-generation and rapid prototyping features.
- asterix — the main character in a series of French comics set in Gaul in 50 BC
- axebird — a nightjar of northern Queensland and New Guinea with a cry that sounds like a chopping axe
- axillar — one of the feathers growing from the axilla of a bird's wing
- beatrix — full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. born 1938, queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013); abdicated in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander
- berklix — /berk'liks/ (From Berkeley Unix) Berkeley Software Distribution. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than among hackers, who usually just say "BSD".
- bruxism — the habit of grinding the teeth, esp unconsciously
- corixid — any heteropterous water bug of the vegetarian family Corixidae, typified by Corixa punctata, common in sluggish waters. The forelegs have become modified and are used in stridulation, as by the water singer (Micronecta poweri)
- dextrin — any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- distrix — the splitting of the ends of hairs
- editrix — A female editor.
- elixirs — Plural form of elixir.
- entirex — (operating system) The German company Software AG's implementation of DCOM under Unix and on IBM mainframes, released at the end of 1997. EntireX enables users to exchange their DCOM components between Windows 95, Windows NT, Unix and OS/390 and to build application programs with components running on any of those platforms.
- excimer — An unstable molecule that is formed in an excited state by the combination of two smaller molecules or atoms and rapidly dissociates with emission of radiation. Such species are utilized in some kinds of lasers.
- excisor — One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
- exciter — A thing that produces excitation, in particular a device that provides a magnetizing current for the electromagnets in a motor or generator.
- excitor — a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
- expired — Simple past tense and past participle of expire.
- expiree — (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict whose sentence had been served.
- expires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expire.
- exquire — (obsolete) To search into or out.
- exradio — (obsolete) Radon.
- extrait — an extract, esp in perfumery
- exurbia — The exurbs collectively ; the region beyond the suburbs.
- fairfax — Thomas (3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron) 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.
- firebox — the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.
- firefox — Red panda.
- fixator — a device incorporating a metal bar and pins that is used in stabilizing difficult bone fractures.
- fixture — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- foxfire — organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
- grawlix — A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
- hendrix — Jimi [jim-ee] /ˈdʒɪm i/ (Show IPA), 1942–70, U.S. rock guitarist and songwriter.
- hexerei — witchcraft
- indexer — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- marxian — of or relating to Karl Marx or his theories.
- marxism — the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.
- marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- mixture — a product of mixing.
- oratrix — a woman who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
- overmix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- phrixus — a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
- pinxter — Whitsuntide.
- princox — a self-confident young fellow; coxcomb.
- proxima — a flare star in the constellation Centaurus that is the nearest star to the sun. It is a red dwarf of very low magnitude. Distance: 4.3 light years
- proximo — in, of, or during the next month: on the 10th proximo. Compare instant (def 11), ultimo.
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