9-letter words containing a, n, x, i
- expansive — Covering a wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive or wide-ranging.
- expediant — Misspelling of expedient.
- expiating — Present participle of expiate.
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- explained — Simple past tense and past participle of explain.
- explainer — Agent noun of explain; one who explains.
- exsiccant — Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- exudation — The act of exuding.
- faux-naif — marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous.
- fixations — Plural form of fixation.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- gloxinias — Plural form of gloxinia.
- indexable — (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.
- 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.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- maxim gun — an early single-barreled, water-cooled machine gun cocked by the force of its own recoil.
- oxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.
- oxidation — the process or result of oxidizing.
- 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.
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- reexamine — to examine again.
- reexplain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- saxitoxin — a powerful neurotoxin, C 1 0 H 1 7 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- sixth man — a team's best substitute.
- synaxaria — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- taxi rank — queuing area for hire cabs
- taxiplane — an airplane available for chartered or unscheduled trips.
- taxonomic — the science or technique of classification.
- tobin tax — a proposed tax on foreign-exchange transactions intended to discourage destabilizing speculation while also raising large revenues that could be channelled to the developing world
- unanxious — not anxious or concerned
- unfixable — to repair; mend.
- unisexual — of or relating to one sex only.
- unmixable — incapable of being mixed
- xanthines — Plural form of xanthine.
- xanthippe — flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.
- xanthosis — (pathology) A yellowish discolouration of tissues undergoing degeneration.
- xenolalia — The ability to speak in a language which the individual has not learned. It is similar to, but not the same as, xenography.
- xenomania — A strong preference for foreign customs, manners, or institutions; the gaining of pleasure from meeting strangers or visiting foreign countries.
- xenomenia — menstruation from unusual orifices
- xianggang — Hong Kong.