10-letter words containing c, o, e, x
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- new mexico — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- noncomplex — not complex or complicated; simple
- nonlexical — Not lexical.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- orthorexic — Having a fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
- overexcite — to excite too much.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- sex object — a person viewed as being of little interest or merit beyond the potential for providing sexual gratification.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- xenobiotic — a chemical or substance that is foreign to an organism or biological system.
- xenocrates — 396–314 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.
- xenogeneic — Denoting, relating to, or involving tissues or cells belonging to individuals of different species.
- xenolithic — Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- xerodermic — pertaining to xeroderma
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xerox parc — /zee'roks park'/ Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center. For more than a decade, from the early 1970s into the mid-1980s, PARC yielded an astonishing volume of ground-breaking hardware and software innovations. The modern mice, windows, and icons (WIMP) style of software interface was invented there. So was the laser printer and the local-area network; Smalltalk; and PARC's series of D machines anticipated the powerful personal computers of the 1980s by a decade. Sadly, the prophets at PARC were without honour in their own company, so much so that it became a standard joke to describe PARC as a place that specialised in developing brilliant ideas for everyone else. The stunning shortsightedness and obtusity of XEROX's top-level suits has been well described in the reference below.
- xylochrome — a colouring agent made from the chemical alteration of decomposed wood
- zinc oxide — a white insoluble powder used as a pigment in paints (zinc white or Chinese white), cosmetics, glass, and printing inks. It is an antiseptic and astringent and is used in making zinc ointment. Formula: ZnO