9-letter words containing a, x, i, s
- fixatives — Plural form of fixative.
- gloxinias — Plural form of gloxinia.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- isauxesis — growth of a part at the same rate as that of the whole organism.
- isoxazole — (organic compound) the isomer of oxazole 1,2-oxazole many of whose derivatives have pharmacological activity.
- ixodiasis — a disease that is transmitted by ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
- maxidress — a dress that reaches the ankle
- maximised — Simple past tense and past participle of maximise.
- maximises — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maximize.
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- parataxis — the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- 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
- pseudaxis — sympodium.
- real axis — the horizontal axis in an Argand diagram.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- 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.
- sex ratio — the proportional distribution of the sexes in a population aggregate, expressed as the number of males per 100 females.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- 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.
- sioux war — any of a series of skirmishes or wars between the Sioux Indians and settlers or the U.S. Army from 1854 to 1890.
- six sigma — a business management strategy that uses statistical methods to identify defects and improve performance
- sixth man — a team's best substitute.
- 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.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- synaxaria — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- telotaxis — orientation or movement, by an organism with sensory receptors, toward or away from a particular source of stimulation.
- testatrix — a woman who makes a will.
- unanxious — not anxious or concerned
- unisexual — of or relating to one sex only.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- x-disease — Also, X-disease. hyperkeratosis (def 2).