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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
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