6-letter words containing x, o
- doxies — opinion; doctrine.
- ex-con — a former prisoner
- exaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- exhort — Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- exmoor — a high moorland in SW England, in W Somerset and N Devon: chiefly grazing ground for Exmoor ponies, sheep, and red deer
- exocet — a tactical missile with a high-explosive warhead, which is guided by computer and radar, travels at a very low altitude at high subsonic speed, and has a range of up to 70 km. It may be launched from a ship, aircraft, or submarine
- exodes — Plural form of exode.
- exodic — (biology) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves.
- exodos — (in Greek drama) the concluding scene or exit song
- exodus — A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.
- exogen — (botany) A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
- exomis — a Roman sleeveless vest, often worn by slaves or artisans
- exonic — Of or pertaining to an exon.
- exonym — A name given to a group or category of people by a secondary person or persons other than the people it refers to.
- exotic — An exotic plant or animal.
- export — A commodity, article, or service sold abroad.
- expose — Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- extold — Lb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of extol.
- extoll — (transitive) alternative spelling of extol.
- extols — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extol.
- extort — Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
- extro- — extra- (when opposed to intro-)
- fix on — If you fix on a particular thing, you decide that it is the one you want and will have.
- flexor — a muscle that serves to flex or bend a part of the body.
- forfex — (obsolete) A pair of shears.
- fornax — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Cetus and Phoenix
- fornix — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- foxier — Comparative form of foxy.
- foxies — Plural form of foxie.
- foxily — In a foxy manner.
- foxing — material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
- foxpro — (database) A dBASE IV-like product originally from Fox Software which (well before 2000) mutated into Microsoft Visual FoxPro.
- hatbox — a case or box for a hat.
- haybox — A box stuffed with hay in which heated food was left to continue cooking.
- hexone — any of various organic ketones containing six atoms of carbon in the molecule.
- hexose — any of a class of sugars containing six atoms of carbon, including glucose and fructose.
- hickox — Richard (Sidney). 1948–2008, British conductor; musical director of the City of London Sinfonia and Singers (1971–2008)
- hitbox — (computer graphics) An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) in order to facilitate collision detection.
- hoaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of hoax.
- hoaxer — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- hoaxes — Plural form of hoax.
- hotbox — a journal box overheated by excessive friction of an axle as a result of inadequate lubrication or the presence of foreign matter.
- icebox — an insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.
- in-box — a boxlike tray, basket, or the like, as on a desk, for holding incoming mail, messages, or work.
- isolex — an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found
- ixodid — any of numerous ticks of the family Ixodidae, comprising the hard ticks.
- jawbox — a metal kitchen sink
- john x — died a.d. 929? Italian ecclesiastic: pope 914–928.
- klaxon — a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal.
- koufax — Sanford ("Sandy") born 1935, U.S. baseball player.