8-letter words containing x, o
- boxthorn — matrimony vine
- brainbox — the skull
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
- cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
- calexico — a town in S California.
- call box — A call box is the same as a telephone box.
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- cape fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
- carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
- chad box — (hardware) (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- chip box — chad box
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- clackbox — the casing enclosing a clack
- clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
- coexists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist.
- coextend — to extend or cause to extend equally in space or time
- coin box — the part of a coin-operated machine into which coins are placed
- commixed — Simple past tense and past participle of commix.
- commixes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commix.
- confixed — Simple past tense and past participle of confix.
- connexes — a large metal cargo container used by the U.S. Army for shipping supplies, as to overseas bases.
- contexts — Plural form of context.
- convexed — Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
- convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
- corixids — Plural form of corixid.
- cotopaxi — a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the world's highest active volcano Height: 5896 m (19 344 ft)
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- coxalgia — pain in the hip joint
- coxcombs — Plural form of coxcomb.
- coxiness — the quality of being coxy
- coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- deed box — a lockable metal box for storing documents
- detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
- detoxing — Present participle of detox.
- devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- dioxides — Plural form of dioxide.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- double x — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- doxology — a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.