9-letter words containing t, o, x, e
- tetroxide — an oxide whose molecule contains four atoms of oxygen.
- tex point — (unit, text) The variant of the point used by TeX, equal to 0.3514598035 mm, or 1/72.27 inch.
- textorial — relating to weaving or weavers
- textphone — A textphone is a telephone with a screen and a keyboard, designed for people with hearing problems.
- the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- thyroxine — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
- to excess — If you do something to excess, you do it too much.
- toxaphene — an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- toxigenic — (especially of microorganisms) producing toxins.
- vaxectomy — (jargon) /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- videotext — an electronic information transmission and retrieval technology enabling interactive communication, for such purposes as data acquisition and dissemination and electronic banking and shopping, between typically large and diverse computer databases and users of home or office display terminals connected to telephone or cable-television lines, or through use of broadcast television signals.
- water pox — chickenpox.
- white fox — Arctic fox.
- x.desktop — A desktop manager for Unix from IXI.
- xanthones — Plural form of xanthone.
- xenoblast — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.
- xenocryst — a rock or crystal engulfed by magma and retained as an inclusion in the resulting igneous rock.
- xenograft — a graft obtained from a member of one species and transplanted to a member of another species.
- xenoliths — Plural form of xenolith.
- xerophyte — a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.
- xerostoma — an abnormal lack of saliva, dryness of the mouth
- xylometer — a device for measuring the specific gravity of wood