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8-letter words containing a, x, l

  • mexicali — a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.
  • monaxial — uniaxial.
  • naloxone — a narcotic analgesic antagonist, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 4 , used in the reversal of acute narcotic analgesic respiratory depression.
  • naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
  • oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
  • oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
  • oxysalts — any salt of an oxyacid.
  • parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
  • paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
  • phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
  • pixelate — 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.
  • pixilate — 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.
  • planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
  • plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
  • play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
  • poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
  • poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
  • polyaxon — a nerve cell with multiple branches
  • polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
  • preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
  • prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
  • proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
  • relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
  • relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
  • rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
  • salt tax — any of various taxes imposed on salt, such as the French gabelle (abolished 1790) or that in India (abolished 1946)
  • salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
  • salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
  • saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
  • saxicole — living on or among rocks
  • sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
  • sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
  • siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
  • smallpox — an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
  • subaxial — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
  • suffixal — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
  • tableaux — a picture, as of a scene.
  • tax bill — a parliamentary bill relating to taxation
  • tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
  • tax loss — a loss sustained by a company that can be set against future profits for tax purposes
  • tax sale — the sale of real property, as land, usually at auction by a public authority, in order to pay delinquent taxes assessed upon its owner.
  • taxables — people, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
  • textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
  • tlaxcala — a state in SE central Mexico. 1554 sq. mi. (4025 sq. km). Capital: Tlaxcala.
  • toadflax — a common European plant, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy yellow-and-orange flowers, naturalized as a weed in the U.S.
  • triaxial — having three axes.
  • uniaxial — having one axis.
  • unsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
  • vauxhall — a district in London, on the south bank of the Thames
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