9-letter words containing e, x, t
- sextuplet — a group or combination of six things.
- sextuplex — sixfold; sextuple.
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- sexvalent — hexavalent or having a valency of six
- sixteener — a poetic verse of sixteen syllables
- sixteenmo — Also called sextodecimo. a book size (about 4×6 in.; 10×15 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages.
- sixteenth — next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
- sixty-one — a cardinal number, 60 plus 1.
- stone axe — a primitive axe made of chipped stone
- stub axle — a short axle that carries one of the front steered wheels of a motor vehicle and is capable of limited angular movement about a kingpin
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- tax break — If the government gives a tax break to a particular group of people or type of organization, it reduces the amount of tax they have to pay or changes the tax system in a way that benefits them.
- tax dodge — a way of avoiding having to pay the full amount of tax owed; it may be legal or illegal
- tax exile — a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes.
- tax haven — a foreign country or corporation used to avoid or reduce income taxes, especially by investors from another country.
- tax title — a title, acquired by the purchaser at a forced sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.
- taxaceous — belonging to the Taxaceae, the yew family of plants.
- taxi fare — the money a customer pays for a journey in a taxi
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- taximeter — a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.
- taxiplane — an airplane available for chartered or unscheduled trips.
- telotaxis — orientation or movement, by an organism with sensory receptors, toward or away from a particular source of stimulation.
- testatrix — a woman who makes a will.
- tetroxide — an oxide whose molecule contains four atoms of oxygen.
- tex point — (unit, text) The variant of the point used by TeX, equal to 0.3514598035 mm, or 1/72.27 inch.
- texarkana — a city in NE Texas.
- text file — a file, readable by a person, that doesn't contain any codes but only contains text and numbers
- text hand — handwriting characterized by large neat letters.
- text neck — a painful condition caused by contorting the neck to view the screen of a mobile phone or portable electronic device
- textorial — relating to weaving or weavers
- textphone — A textphone is a telephone with a screen and a keyboard, designed for people with hearing problems.
- textspeak — a form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
- textually — of or relating to a text: textual errors.
- texturize — to give texture or a particular texture to: texturized yarn.
- the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- the exile — the period in the 6th cent. b.c. during which the Jews were held captive in Babylonia
- thyroxine — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
- to excess — If you do something to excess, you do it too much.
- toxaphene — an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- toxigenic — (especially of microorganisms) producing toxins.
- transaxle — a unit combining the transmission and differential of a motor vehicle and connected directly to the axles of the driving wheels.
- unexalted — raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station: an exalted personage.
- unexcited — stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.
- unextinct — not extinct; still in existence
- unextreme — not extreme