10-letter words containing e, x, o, s
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtaposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose.
- ketohexose — any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.
- looseboxes — Plural form of loosebox.
- loxodromes — Plural form of loxodrome.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- menostaxis — an abnormally prolonged period of menstruation.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- methoxides — Plural form of methoxide.
- nonexposed — not exposed
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- over-sexed — having an unusually strong sexual drive.
- overexpose — to expose too much, as to the sun, cold, or light rays (often used reflexively): Be careful of overexposing yourself to the sun.
- oxygenless — without oxygen
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
- peroxisome — a cell organelle containing catalase, peroxidase, and other oxidative enzymes and performing essential metabolic functions, as the decomposition of fatty acids and hydrogen peroxide.
- phoenixism — the process of making a business insolvent in order to evade paying debts and then setting the business up again under a new name
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pre-expose — to expose beforehand
- pressboxer — a sportswriter or sportscaster.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- 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.
- sex symbol — a celebrity who is held to possess abundant sex appeal.
- sex worker — prostitution.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- sexologist — the study of sexual behavior.
- sextillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- six-footer — a person who is roughly six feet tall.
- six-storey — having six floors or storeys
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- squeezebox — a concertina or accordion.
- stereotaxy — brain surgery that makes use of measurement in three dimensions for positioning an electrode, needle, etc. precisely
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- the exodus — the departure of the Israelites from Egypt led by Moses
- west saxon — the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English.
- woadwaxens — Plural form of woadwaxen.
- xenocrates — 396–314 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.
- xenogenous — caused by or originating from an external or foreign body