6-letter words containing x
- exec 2 — 1. (language) A scripting language produced by IBM in the late 1970s. Superseded by REXX. 2. (operating system) An archaic operating system from UNIVAC. By about 1980 it had been replaced by EXEC 8.
- exec 8 — (operating system) Unisys's operating system from about 1980 to 2000, by which time it was a dying breed with Unisys moving to Windows NT and Unix.
- exedra — A room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse, especially in ancient Roman and Greek houses and gymnasia, typically semicircular in plan.
- exempt — Free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
- exequy — (obsolete, now only in plural) funeral rites.
- exergy — (physics) Concentrated or organized energy, which can be transformed into work.
- exerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exert.
- exeter — a city in SW England, administrative centre of Devon; university (1955). Pop: 106 772 (2001)
- exeunt — A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
- exhale — Breathe out in a deliberate manner.
- exhort — Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- exhume — Dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.
- exiled — Simple past tense and past participle of exile.
- exiler — a person who, or thing which, exiles
- exiles — Plural form of exile.
- exilic — Of or pertaining to exile.
- exines — Plural form of exine.
- exists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exist.
- exited — Simple past tense and past participle of exit.
- 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.
- expand — explain
- expats — Plural form of expat.
- expect — Regard (something) as likely to happen.
- expede — (obsolete) To hasten or expedite.
- expell — Obsolete form of expel.
- expels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expel.
- expend — Spend or use up (a resource such as money, time, or energy).
- expert — A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
- expire — (of a document, authorization, or agreement) cease to be valid, typically after a fixed period of time.
- expiry — The end of the period for which something is valid.
- export — A commodity, article, or service sold abroad.
- expose — Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- expugn — (obsolete) To take by storm; capture. (15th-17th c.).
- exsect — (transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
- exsert — Cause to protrude; push out.
- extacy — Misspelling of ecstasy.
- extant — (especially of a document) still in existence; surviving.
- extasy — Archaic spelling of ecstasy.
- extemp — (US, informal) extemporaneous speaking; a competitive event in schools and colleges in which students speak persuasively or informatively about current events and politics.
- extend — Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.