7-letter words that end in x
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- distfix — (programming) ("distributed fixity"?) A description of an operator represented by multiple symbols before, between, and/or after the arguments. The classical example is the C conditional operator, "?:" which is written E1 ? E2 : E3 If E1 is true it returns E2 otherwise it returns E3. Several functional programming languages, e.g. Hope, Haskell, have similar operators ("if E1 then E2 else E3"). getRow:row andColumn:col ofCell:cell is a message with three arguments, row, col, and cell.
- distrix — the splitting of the ends of hairs
- dog box — a compartment in a railway carriage with no corridor
- dog fox — a male fox.
- downmix — (transitive) To mix (a number of distinct audio channels) to produce a lower number of channels.
- dropbox — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- dumb ox — a dimwit
- dupleix — Joseph François [zhoh-zef frahn-swa] /ʒoʊˈzɛf frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1697–1763, French colonial governor of India 1724–54.
- eco-tax — a tax levied on services, products, etc that adversely affect the environment
- editrix — A female editor.
- entirex — (operating system) The German company Software AG's implementation of DCOM under Unix and on IBM mainframes, released at the end of 1997. EntireX enables users to exchange their DCOM components between Windows 95, Windows NT, Unix and OS/390 and to build application programs with components running on any of those platforms.
- equinox — The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
- eurotax — a tax imposed by the European Union
- fairfax — Thomas (3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron) 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.
- farebox — a metal box for passenger fares, as on a bus or streetcar.
- fat tax — a tax levied in the form of higher duties or VAT on foods with a high fat content
- fauxlex — (rare, slang) A fake Rolex watch.
- feedbox — a box for animal feed.
- filofax — A Filofax is a type of personal filing system in the form of a small book with pages that can easily be added or removed.
- firebox — the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.
- firefox — Red panda.
- flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- fowlpox — a viral infection affecting poultry and other birds, spread either by biting insects or by inhalation
- funplex — a large amusement or entertainment centre
- fussbox — a fussbudget.
- fuzzbox — A device that adds a distorted buzzing quality to the sound of an electric guitar or other instrument.
- gateaux — a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
- gearbox — a transmission, as in an automobile.
- giftbox — A box of gifts.
- goatpox — a virus disease of goats that resembles cowpox and produces lesions inside the thighs and on other hairless skin areas.
- gravlax — boned salmon, cured by marinating in sugar, salt, pepper, and other spices, especially dill.
- grawlix — A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
- halifax — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- hand ax — Also, hand axe. a usually large, general-purpose bifacial Paleolithic stone tool, often oval or pear-shaped in form and characteristic of certain Lower Paleolithic industries.
- headbox — (in a papermaking machine) the container in which cleaned pulp is collected for uniform distribution across the wire.
- hellbox — hell (def 9).
- hendrix — Jimi [jim-ee] /ˈdʒɪm i/ (Show IPA), 1942–70, U.S. rock guitarist and songwriter.
- homosex — sexual activity between homosexuals
- hot fix — (storage) Novell, Inc.'s term for the feature of their network file server operating system, Novell NetWare, which handles errors in disk write operations. The OS re-reads every block it writes to disk while it holds the data to be written in memory. In the case of an error, the data block is written to a spare area on the disk. The feature lost much of its importance with the widespread use of hard disk drives with built-in error correction and bad block re-mapping.
- humidex — a scale indicating the levels of heat and humidity in current weather conditions
- imposex — the acquisition of male characteristics by female organisms
- isindex — (web) An HTML tag which tells the browser to display a text entry box on the current page. Any text entered in the box by the user is appended as a URL-encoded query string to the current URL and sent to the server using a GET method. This is a simple way of making a website searchable or allowing other kinds of simple user input. It relies on the server mapping the query URL to an appropriate process, probably depending on the page in which the ISINDEX appeared. More complex input can be catered for using the FORM tag, or Java.
- jadetex — (text, tool) A program which uses TeX as a back-end for producing DVI (or PDF) printable output from James' DSSSL Engine.
- jambeux — (historical) mediaeval armour for the legs below the knees.
- john ix — died a.d. 900, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 898–900.
- jouhaux — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
- jukebox — a coin-operated phonograph, typically in a gaudy, illuminated cabinet, having a variety of records that can be selected by push button.
- k56flex — (protocol) A modem standard developed by Rockwell for 56 kbps communications. K56flex Became more popular than the rival X2 but will be superseded by the official V.90 standard.
- kickbox — to practise kickboxing