7-letter words containing x, l
- indoxyl — a crystalline compound, C 8 H 7 NO, that is obtained by the hydrolysis of indican and is readily oxidized to furnish indigo.
- ixelles — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
- k56flex — (protocol) A modem standard developed by Rockwell for 56 kbps communications. K56flex Became more popular than the rival X2 but will be superseded by the official V.90 standard.
- klaxons — Plural form of klaxon.
- kleenex — (North America) A generic term for any type of disposable tissue.
- ku klux — Ku Klux Klan
- lascaux — the site of a cave in SW France, in the Dordogne: contains Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings
- laxator — (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.
- laxness — Halldór Kiljan [hahl-dohr kil-yahn] /ˈhɑl doʊr ˈkɪl yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Icelandic writer: Nobel Prize 1955.
- lemieux — Mario ("Super Mario") born 1965, Canadian hockey player and executive.
- leo xii — (Annibale Francesco della Genga) 1760–1829, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1823–29.
- les six — a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre
- lexemes — Plural form of lexeme.
- lexemic — Of or relating to a lexeme.
- lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- lisieux — a town in NW France: Roman Catholic pilgrimage centre, for its shrine of St Thérèse, who lived there. Pop: 22 109 (2006)
- lixivia — the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.
- lockbox — a strongbox.
- loxygen — liquid oxygen
- luxated — Simple past tense and past participle of luxate.
- mailbox — a public box in which mail is placed for pickup and delivery by the post office.
- malraux — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.
- maxilla — a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.
- maximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- maxwell — Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.
- milieux — surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
- mixable — Capable of being mixed.
- modulex — Based on Modula-2. Mentioned by M.P. Atkinson & J.W. Schmidt in a tutorial in Zurich, 1989.
- outflux — the act of flowing out; outflow (opposed to influx).
- overlax — too lax
- oxalate — any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.
- oxblood — a deep dull-red color.
- oxyphil — a type of cell present in glands
- oxysalt — any salt of an oxyacid.
- perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- phalanx — (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
- pillbox — a box, usually shallow and often round, for holding pills.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- poleaxe — a former naval weapon with an axe blade on one side of the handle and a spike on the other
- relaxed — being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety: in a relaxed mood.
- relaxer — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relaxin — a polypeptide hormone produced by the corpus luteum during pregnancy that causes the pelvic ligaments and cervix to relax during pregnancy and delivery.
- rolodex — a small file for holding names, addresses, and telephone numbers, consisting of cards attached horizontally to a rotatable central cylinder
- salpinx — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- saltbox — a box in which salt is kept.
- sealwax — a sealing wax made from a preparation of shellac and turpentine that is soft and fluid when heated, but which hardens upon cooling
- sexfoil — a round ornament consisting of six lobes divided by cusps.
- sexless — having or seeming to have no sex; neuter.