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9-letter words containing m, x

  • lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
  • lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
  • lixiviums — Plural form of lixivium.
  • loxodrome — rhumb line.
  • luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
  • maggotbox — (abuse)   /mag'*t-boks/ An even more derogatory term than Macintrash.
  • magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
  • mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
  • malaxator — a machine for kneading or grinding
  • malcolm x — (Malcolm Little) 1925–65, U.S. black-rights activist and religious leader.
  • manxwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Isle of Man
  • marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
  • mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
  • matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
  • maxed out — maximum.
  • maxidress — a dress that reaches the ankle
  • maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
  • maxillula — either of the first pair of maxillae of a crustacean
  • maxim gun — an early single-barreled, water-cooled machine gun cocked by the force of its own recoil.
  • maximally — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
  • maximised — Simple past tense and past participle of maximise.
  • maximises — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
  • maximized — Simple past tense and past participle of maximize.
  • maximizer — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
  • maximizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maximize.
  • maximumly — In a maximum manner.
  • maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
  • mediatrix — a woman who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
  • megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
  • meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
  • metaxylem — the part of the primary xylem that is the last to be formed, usually having weblike or pitted surfaces.
  • methoxide — methylate (def 1).
  • metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
  • middlesex — a former county in SE England, now part of Greater London.
  • minoxidil — a potent peripheral vasodilator, C 23 H 27 N, used in the treatment of severe hypertension, also applied topically to promote hair growth in some types of baldness.
  • miter box — any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, especially a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides.
  • mitre box — an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints
  • mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
  • mixed bag — an often unexpected assortment of various things, people, or ideas: The concert was a mixed bag of works from three centuries.
  • mixed bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
  • mixed-use — Real Estate. combining commercial and residential development; zoned for commercial and residential use.
  • mixedness — Mixedness is the degree to which two solids, liquids, or gases have been mixed.
  • mixer tap — a tap in which hot and cold water supplies have a joint outlet but are controlled separately
  • mixmaster — a disc jockey
  • mixoploid — an organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
  • mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
  • money box — a cashbox.
  • monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
  • monoxides — Plural form of monoxide.
  • monoxylon — a sailing vessel constructed from one whole piece of wood
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