9-letter words containing a, i, x, l
- indexical — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- inexactly — In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- isoxazole — (organic compound) the isomer of oxazole 1,2-oxazole many of whose derivatives have pharmacological activity.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- lexically — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- lipopexia — the storage of fat in the body.
- live axle — an axle which rotates with the wheel; driving axle
- lixiviate — to treat with a solvent; leach.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
- maxillula — either of the first pair of maxillae of a crustacean
- maximally — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- maximumly — In a maximum manner.
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- oxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pixelated — 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.
- pixilated — slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
- plain tex — (publication) Donald Knuth's original set of user-level macros for interaction with his TeX formatter. Dedicated TeX fans still prefer these over the more user-friendly LaTeX macros used by the majority of the TeX community.
- plaintext — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- polyaxial — having more than one axis
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- real axis — the horizontal axis in an Argand diagram.
- reexplain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- sexualize — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- tax exile — a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes.
- tax title — a title, acquired by the purchaser at a forced sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.
- taxiplane — an airplane available for chartered or unscheduled trips.
- telotaxis — orientation or movement, by an organism with sensory receptors, toward or away from a particular source of stimulation.