10-letter words containing a, x, l
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadruplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- re-explain — to explain again or in a different way
- reflex arc — the nerve pathways followed by an impulse during a reflex.
- reflex-act — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- relaxation — abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.
- relaxative — a medication or activity that promotes relaxation
- rix-dollar — any of various silver coins, as the Danish rigsdaler, the Dutch rijksdaalder, or the German reichsthaler, of about equal value.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- saxicolous — living or growing among rocks.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- sex appeal — the ability to excite people sexually.
- sex manual — a book which explains how to perform sexual intercourse and other sexual practices
- sexavalent — hexavalent.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- sexualised — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- signal box — a railway signal tower.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- submaxilla — mandible.
- submaximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- subtextual — the underlying or implicit meaning, as of a literary work.
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- tax relief — finance: reduction
- taxability — capable of being taxed; subject to tax: a taxable gain.
- taxflation — bracket creep.
- textualism — strict adherence to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
- textualist — a person who adheres closely to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
- texturally — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- the galaxy — the spiral galaxy, approximately 100 000 light years in diameter, that contains the solar system about three fifths of the distance from its centre
- toxalbumin — any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
- toxoplasma — any protist of the genus Toxoplasma, especially T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis.
- ubersexual — a man who exhibits traditional masculine qualities as well as the caring nature of the New Man
- unexampled — unprecedented; unparalleled; unlike anything previously known: unexampled kindness; unexampled depravity.
- uniaxially — having one axis.
- uxorilocal — matrilocal.
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- wax myrtle — an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles.
- wax tablet — a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.
- wealth tax — a tax on personal property; capital levy
- x terminal — (hardware) An intelligent terminal which operates as an X server directly connected to Ethernet. Not to be confused with the program xterm which is an X client.
- xenarthral — having unusually jointed or articulated vertebrae
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xml schema — (data) XML data that describes the relationship between elements and attributes in some other class of XML data. A schema may or may not include data type representations. XML schemas are a more advanced alternative to DTDs.
- xylanthrax — (archaic) Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- xylography — The art of making woodcuts or wood engravings, especially by a relatively primitive technique.
- xylophagan — an insect in the Xylophaga or Xylophagi that eats wood