8-letter words containing e, x, s
- exsecant — a trigonometric function related to the secant function
- exserted — Simple past tense and past participle of exsert.
- extensin — (biochemistry) Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
- extensor — A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or other part of the body.
- extracts — Plural form of extract.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- extremes — Plural form of extreme.
- extrorse — Turned outward.
- extrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrude.
- exudates — Plural form of exudate.
- fair sex — women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex.
- fixities — Plural form of fixity.
- fixtures — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- flaxseed — the seed of flax, yielding linseed oil; linseed.
- flexcash — flexdollars.
- flexions — the act of bending.
- flexuous — full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- flexures — Plural form of flexure.
- foxholes — Plural form of foxhole.
- foxiness — The characteristic or quality of being foxy.
- fuse box — with circuit breakers
- galaxies — Plural form of galaxy.
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- have sex — have intercourse
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hexagons — Plural form of hexagon.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hexosans — Plural form of hexosan.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- horsepox — a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
- iceboxes — Plural form of icebox.
- indexers — Plural form of indexer.
- inflexes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflex.
- influxes — Plural form of influx.
- intersex — an individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female.
- jaxartes — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1300 miles (2100 km) long.
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- loosebox — Alternative spelling of loose box.
- lummoxes — a clumsy, stupid person.
- luxuries — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- maximise — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maxwells — Plural form of maxwell.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mixtures — Plural form of mixture.
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.