7-letter words containing a, i, x
- exclaim — Cry out suddenly, esp. in surprise, anger, or pain.
- exotica — Objects considered strange or interesting because they are out of the ordinary, especially because they originated in a distant foreign country.
- expiate — Atone for (guilt or sin).
- explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- exradio — (obsolete) Radon.
- extatic — Obsolete spelling of ecstatic.
- extrait — an extract, esp in perfumery
- exurbia — The exurbs collectively ; the region beyond the suburbs.
- exuviae — An animal's cast or sloughed skin, especially that of an insect larva.
- exuvial — Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
- fa xian — original name Sehi. 5th century ad, Chinese Buddhist monk: his pilgrimage to India (399–414) began relations between China and India
- fairfax — Thomas (3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron) 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.
- 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.
- fixable — to repair; mend.
- fixated — to fix; make stable or stationary.
- fixates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fixate.
- fixator — a device incorporating a metal bar and pins that is used in stabilizing difficult bone fractures.
- foxtail — the tail of a fox.
- grawlix — A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
- guangxi — autonomous region in S China: 85,097 sq mi (220,400 sq km); pop. 42,530,000; cap. Nanning
- 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.
- hexadic — (rare) Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
- hoaxing — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- hypoxia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ice axe — a light axe used by mountaineers for cutting footholds in snow or ice, to provide an anchor point, or to control a slide on snow; it has a spiked tip and a head consisting of a pick and an adze
- indexal — of or relating to an index
- inexact — not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
- jiangxi — a province in SE China. 63,629 sq. mi. (164,799 sq. km). Capital: Nanchang.
- lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lixivia — the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.
- mailbox — a public box in which mail is placed for pickup and delivery by the post office.
- marxian — of or relating to Karl Marx or his theories.
- marxism — the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.
- marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- maxilla — a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.
- maximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- maximin — minimax
- maximop — "Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc BCS Symp on Job Control Languages--Past Present and Future, NCC, Manchester, ENgland 1974.
- maximum — the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
- maximus — a method rung on twelve bells
- maxixes — Plural form of maxixe.
- megamix — (music) A remix taking the form of a medley, with radical alterations and many constituent pieces of music.
- mexican — of or relating to Mexico or its people.
- michaux — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1984, French poet and painter, born in Belgium.
- minimax — a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.
- mixable — Capable of being mixed.
- mixtape — a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
- ningxia — a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
- omnifax — Alternate name for NYU OMNIFAX? Early system on UNIVAC I or II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- oratrix — a woman who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.