10-letter words containing e, x, o
- felixstowe — a port and resort in E England, in Suffolk: ferry connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Pop: 29 349 (2001)
- ferredoxin — any of a group of red-brown proteins containing iron and sulfur and acting as an electron carrier during photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, or oxidation-reduction reactions.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- flexatones — Plural form of flexatone.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flexuosity — the quality or condition of being flexuous.
- flexuously — In a flexuous way.
- flow mixer — A flow mixer is a mixer with a short contact time, used in a continuous process or stage.
- flower box — a box used for growing decorative plants in or around the home, often attached to a window ledge.
- fluoxetine — A synthetic compound that inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- food mixer — A food mixer is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix food such as cake mixture.
- foxe basin — an ocean passage in Nunavut Territory, Canada, connected with Hudson Bay by the Foxe Channel.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- geotextile — Plastic landscape fabric which allows movement of air, water, and fertilizer into the soil.
- glyoxaline — imidazole.
- glyoxylate — a salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.
- glyoxysome — (biochemistry) Any of various specialized peroxisomes found in plants (particularly in the fat-storage tissues of germinating seeds) and also in filamentous fungi, serving to break down fatty acids and provide enzymes to produce intermediates for the synthesis of sugars by gluconeogenesis.
- goggle-box — a television set.
- googleplex — Misspelling of googolplex.
- googolplex — a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .
- gregory ix — (Ugolino di SegniorUgolino of Anagni) c1143–1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1227–41.
- gregory xi — (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) 1330–78, French ecclesiastic: pope 1370–78.
- gregory xv — (Alessandro Ludovisi) 1554–1623, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1621–23.
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- haemotoxin — a substance that destroys red blood cells
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- henry knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- heterodoxy — heterodox state or quality.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexaemeron — the six days of the Creation.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hexosamine — any hexose derivative in which a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group.
- homeoboxes — Plural form of homeobox.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- horseboxes — Plural form of horsebox.
- hydroxides — Plural form of hydroxide.
- hyperoxide — superoxide.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated