11-letter words containing p, a, x, o
- extirpation — The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- extra point — conversion (sense 3)
- extrapolate — extrapolation
- false oxlip — a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose
- fax over ip — (communications) (FoIP) Transmission of a facsimile over an IP networking instead of PSTN, analogous to Voice over IP.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- fox sparrow — a North American sparrow, Passerella iliaca, having a bright rufous tail and streaked breast.
- hepatotoxic — Damaging or destructive to liver cells.
- hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
- hyperorexia — compulsive overeating
- hyperoxemia — abnormal acidity of the blood.
- hypopharynx — Entomology. a tonguelike lobe on the floor of the mouth in many insects.
- hypoxanthin — (organic compound) A crystalline nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, found throughout the animal body but especially in muscle tissue.
- ideopraxist — a person who is impelled to carry out an idea
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- orthopraxia — the correction of deformities; orthopedics.
- over-expand — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- payroll tax — a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- phallotoxin — any of a group of potent mycotoxins produced by certain mushroom species of the genus Amanita.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pixellation — 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.
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- proximation — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- radix point — a point, such as the decimal point in the decimal system, separating the integral part of a number from the fractional part
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- toxiphobiac — a person who suffers from toxicophobia
- x-ray photo — a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays