8-letter words containing e, x, m
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- intermix — Mix together.
- jambeaux — Plural form of jambeau.
- ketoxime — (organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an ketone; general formula R2C=NOH.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- lummoxes — a clumsy, stupid person.
- luxmeter — a device for measuring the brightness or illumination of a surface
- malaxage — the act of kneading or softening unbaked pottery clay
- malaxate — To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- maxillae — Irregular plural form of maxilla.
- maximise — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximite — a powerful explosive consisting primarily of picric acid.
- maximize — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maxwells — Plural form of maxwell.
- megaplex — a large building containing many movie theaters, usually more than a dozen.
- melaxuma — a disease of trees, especially walnuts, characterized by an inky-black liquid oozing from the affected twigs, branches, and trunk, and by bark cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Dothiorella gregaria.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- mexicali — a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- mix tape — a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
- mixed up — completely confused or emotionally unstable: a mixed-up teenager.
- mixed-up — completely confused or emotionally unstable: a mixed-up teenager.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- mixtures — Plural form of mixture.
- moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
- monoxide — an oxide containing one oxygen atom in each molecule.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- murexide — a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 N 6 O 6 , having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- myxameba — the amebalike, usually nonflagellated, uninucleate haploid individual of a sporocarp that is released upon spore germination and feeds by engulfing bacteria and yeast: a typical stage in the life cycle of cellular slime molds.
- myxedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- oxazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 1 5 H 1 1 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the management of anxiety, insomnia, and alcohol withdrawal.
- oximeter — an instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in a sample of blood.
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- same-sex — of or relating to two or more persons of the same gender: same-sex friendships.
- smokebox — a chamber in a steam engine or boiler where smoke is collected
- supermax — having or relating to the very highest levels of security
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
- toxaemia — blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- vexillum — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenotime — a yellow-brown crystalline mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium