12-letter words containing x
- box lacrosse — a form of lacrosse played indoors, usually on a hockey rink with a wooden floor, between two teams of six players.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- boxer shorts — Boxer shorts are loose-fitting men's underpants that are shaped like the shorts worn by boxers.
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- boxing glove — Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing.
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- calixtus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- car expenses — incidental money spent on the operation of a car during the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cement mixer — A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
- chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
- chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- christian ix — 1818–1906, king of Denmark 1863–1906.
- circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
- circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
- clement xiii — (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico) 1693–1769, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1758–69.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- commuter tax — an income tax imposed by a locality on those who work within its boundaries but reside elsewhere.
- complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.
- complexifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify.
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- complexities — The complexities of something are the many complicated factors involved in it.
- computer sex — (jargon) Two computers interfaced with each other.
- conservatrix — a woman who conserves or keeps safe; custodian
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- convexedness — The state or quality of being convexed.
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- coxless four — a boat for four oarsman and no cox
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- cytotaxonomy — classification of organisms based on cell structure, esp the number, shape, etc, of the chromosomes
- cytotoxicity — cell destruction caused by a cytotoxic substance.
- data exhaust — unstructured information or data that is a by-product of the online activities of Internet users: Collecting and analyzing data exhaust can provide valuable insight into the purchasing habits of consumers.
- deexcitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- deindexation — the state of being no longer index-linked
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deoxygenized — Simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenize.
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- desexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of desexualize.
- desexualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desexualize.