9-letter words containing a, x
- flax lily — a large New Zealand plant, Phormium tenax, of the agave family, having showy, red-margined, leathery leaves and dull-red flowers, grown as an ornamental and for the fiber-yielding leaves.
- flaxseeds — Plural form of flaxseed.
- flex-cash — flexdollars.
- flexatone — A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flux gate — Physics. an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the earth: used in some gyrocompasses and magnetometers.
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- fluxuates — Misspelling of fluctuates.
- fox grape — a vine, Vitis labrusca, chiefly of the northeastern U.S., from which numerous cultivated grape varieties have been developed.
- fox snake — a brown-blotched nonvenomous snake, Elaphe vulpina, of north-central U.S., that vibrates its tail and emits a pungent odor when disturbed.
- gearboxes — Plural form of gearbox.
- get a fix — take drug
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- gloxinias — Plural form of gloxinia.
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- grass box — a container attached to a lawn mower that receives grass after it has been cut
- green tax — any tax imposed with the aim of regulating activity in a way that benefits the environment
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- hexacanth — (zoology) Having six larval hooks.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- hexameral — hexamerous.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hexameron — hexaemeron.
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- hexateuch — the first six books of the Old Testament.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ibm 370xa — (computer, IBM) An IBM mainframe computer introduced in 1983. Successor to the System/370, this machine had an enhanced address space.
- 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.
- 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
- japan wax — a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid obtained from the fruit of certain sumacs, especially Rhus succedanea, native to Japan and China: used chiefly in the manufacture of candles, furniture polishes, and floor waxes.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karl marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.