8-letter words containing x, r, a
- tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
- tax-free — tax-exempt (def 1).
- taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- tetraxon — a four-pointed spicule
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- toxocara — a parasitic worm infesting the intestines of cats and dogs
- tractrix — a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.
- transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- triaxial — having three axes.
- undertax — to tax at an insufficient level
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- water ox — water buffalo.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- wax tree — a Japanese anacardiaceous tree, Rhus succedanea, having white berries that yield wax
- waxberry — the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
- waxworks — an exhibition of or a museum for displaying wax figures, ornaments, etc.
- x factor — an unknown or unexplained element that makes something more interesting or valuable
- xeransis — the gradual loss of tissue moisture
- xerantic — pertaining to xeransis
- xpercase — A structure diagram editor for developing, re-engineering, maintaining and documenting programs, developed by Siemens AG, Austria. It runs under Microsoft Windows. E-Mail: <[email protected]>.
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
- zelatrix — a nun who monitors the behaviour of younger nuns