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8-letter words containing o, a, x

  • acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
  • aldoxime — an oxime formed by reaction between hydroxylamine and an aldehyde
  • alkoxide — a compound formed by the removal of a proton from an alcohol
  • amatoxin — Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
  • anatoxin — a bacterial toxin that has been weakened for use in inoculations
  • anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
  • anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
  • anoxemia — a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes
  • apomixes — Plural form of apomixis.
  • apomixis — (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place
  • apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
  • auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
  • auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
  • axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
  • axle-box — the journal box of a rotating axle
  • axolemma — the membrane that encloses the axon of a nerve cell
  • axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
  • axonemal — of or relating to the axoneme
  • axonemes — Plural form of axoneme.
  • axoplasm — the fluid substance found in the axon of a neuron which surrounds the fibrils
  • bank box — safe-deposit box.
  • base box — a unit used in the sale of tin plate, equal to the total area of 112 sheets each measuring 14 by 20 inches (35 by 50 cm), or 31,360 square inches (196,000 sq. cm).
  • bone wax — a mixture of wax, oil, and carbolic acid applied to the cut surface of a bone to prevent bleeding
  • bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
  • box beam — a beam or girder built up from shapes and having a hollow, rectangular cross section.
  • box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
  • box coat — a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
  • box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
  • box seat — a seat in a theatre box
  • boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
  • brainbox — the skull
  • breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
  • broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
  • cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
  • cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
  • calexico — a town in S California.
  • call box — A call box is the same as a telephone box.
  • camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
  • cape fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
  • carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
  • chad box — (hardware)   (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
  • chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
  • chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
  • clackbox — the casing enclosing a clack
  • clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
  • cotopaxi — a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the world's highest active volcano Height: 5896 m (19 344 ft)
  • coxalgia — pain in the hip joint
  • coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
  • damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
  • devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it

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