8-letter words containing xe
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hexeract — (mathematics) A six-dimensional hypercube.
- iceboxes — Plural form of icebox.
- indexers — Plural form of indexer.
- inflexed — inflected; bent or folded downward or inward: an inflexed leaf.
- inflexes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflex.
- influxes — Plural form of influx.
- lummoxes — a clumsy, stupid person.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- mixed up — completely confused or emotionally unstable: a mixed-up teenager.
- mixed-up — completely confused or emotionally unstable: a mixed-up teenager.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- myxedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- outfoxed — to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver: Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.
- outfoxes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfox.
- pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- prefixes — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- reflexed — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- sexed up — sexually aroused.
- sexed-up — sexually aroused.
- sexenary — senary.
- suffixed — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffixes — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- tuxedoed — wearing a tuxedo
- unflexed — unbent
- vixenish — a female fox.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenogeny — heterogenesis (def 1).
- xenolith — a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded.
- xenology — (chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc.
- xenophon — 434?–355? b.c, Greek historian and essayist.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- xenotime — a yellow-brown crystalline mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium
- xenurine — any armadillo of the genus Xenurus
- xeransis — the gradual loss of tissue moisture
- xerantic — pertaining to xeransis
- xerosere — a sere occurring on dry soil.
- xeroxing — (sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
- xerxes i — 519?–465 b.c, king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).