8-letter words containing e, x, s
- nest box — a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs
- nextness — The fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.
- nextstep — (operating system) The original multitasking operating system that NeXT, Inc. developed to run on its proprietary NeXT computers (informally known as "black boxes"). NEXTSTEP includes a specific graphical user interface, an interface builder, object-oriented application builder, and several "kits" of prebuilt software objects such as the Indexing Kit for databases. This software runs on top of NeXT's version of the Mach operating system on NeXT, 486, Pentium, HP-PA, and Sun SPARC computers. The official spelling changed from "NeXTstep" to "NeXTStep" to "NeXTSTEP", and finally "NEXTSTEP". The last release of NEXTSTEP was 3.3, which NeXT then developed into "OpenStep". See also: GNUStep.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- outfoxes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfox.
- oxidised — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- pixieish — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- prefixes — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- rose box — a perforated metal box used as a strainer; strum.
- safe sex — sexual activities in which precautions have been taken, as by the use of a condom, to minimize the chances of spreading or contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- same-sex — of or relating to two or more persons of the same gender: same-sex friendships.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- seed box — a box for storing seeds until they are ready for planting
- sex cell — a spermatozoon or an ovum; gamete.
- sex life — If you refer to someone's sex life, you are referring to their sexual relationships and sexual activity.
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- sex shop — a store that sells products relating to sexual interests or activities.
- sex show — a live performance that customers pay to watch in which people perform sexual acts
- sex tape — a recording of a sexual encounter, esp one involving a celebrity
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sex work — prostitution.
- sex-text — to send a text message of a sexual nature to (someone)
- sexed up — sexually aroused.
- sexed-up — sexually aroused.
- sexenary — senary.
- sexiness — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- sexology — the study of sexual behavior.
- sextolet — a group of six equal musical notes or a sextuplet played in the time of four
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- shoe box — cardboard box in which shoes are sold
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- sixscore — one hundred and twenty
- sixtieth — next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
- smokebox — a chamber in a steam engine or boiler where smoke is collected
- spinifex — any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
- spintext — a preacher
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- suboxide — the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- suffixed — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffixes — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- superfix — a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes the noun record from the verb record or the parallel falling stress patterns of blackbird and highchair, reflecting a parallel relationship between the elements.