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8-letter words containing l, e, x, i

  • 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.
  • maxillae — Irregular plural form of maxilla.
  • mexicali — a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.
  • naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
  • oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
  • pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
  • pixilate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
  • preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
  • prefixal — 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.
  • relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
  • relexify — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
  • saxicole — living on or among rocks
  • sex life — If you refer to someone's sex life, you are referring to their sexual relationships and sexual activity.
  • siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
  • textiles — any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.
  • title ix — a clause in the 1972 Education Act stating that no one shall because of sex be denied the benefits of any educational program of activity that receives direct federal aid.
  • vexillum — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
  • x client — An application process in the X Window System. It gains access to windowing services via the Xlib library. These are translated by the system into X protocol messages to an X server.
  • x-linked — of or relating to a trait controlled by a gene or genes on the X chromosome.
  • xenolith — a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded.
  • xylidine — Any one of six isomeric compounds that are derived from xylene and used in the manufacture of dyes.
  • xylonite — a type of plastic or celluloid that resembles amber, coral, or tortoise shell and is used in jewellery, combs, or other objects
  • zelatrix — a nun who monitors the behaviour of younger nuns
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