8-letter words containing r, 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.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- mixtures — Plural form of mixture.
- murexide — a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 N 6 O 6 , having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- oxidizer — oxidant.
- oximeter — an instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in a sample of blood.
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- 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.
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- prefixes — 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.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- 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.
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- sixscore — one hundred and twenty
- superfix — a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes the noun record from the verb record or the parallel falling stress patterns of blackbird and highchair, reflecting a parallel relationship between the elements.
- trioxide — an oxide containing three oxygen atoms, as As 2 O 3 .
- unixware — (operating system) Novell's implementation of Unix System 5 heavily based on Release 4.2 but with enhancements and new bundled products. In 1993 Novell acquired Unix Systems Laboratories from AT&T along with the Unix trademark. UnixWare was the result of Novell's efforts to make Unix interoperable with Novell NetWare. In 1995 Novell sold UnixWare and the rights to the Unix operating system to SCO at a time when UnixWare was gainnig popularity. It was later the first 64-bit operating system on the Intel platform, and, in 1999, is the world's fastest-growing commercial operating system.
- uxbridge — a town in SE England, part of the Greater London borough of Hillingdon since 1965; chiefly residential; seat of Brunel University (1966)
- xenurine — any armadillo of the genus Xenurus
- xeransis — the gradual loss of tissue moisture
- xerantic — pertaining to xeransis
- xeroxing — (sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
- xerxes i — 519?–465 b.c, king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).
- zelatrix — a nun who monitors the behaviour of younger nuns