10-letter words containing u, x, o
- fauxtatoes — Mashed cauliflower used as an alternative to potatoes by followers of a low-carbohydrate diet.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flexuosity — the quality or condition of being flexuous.
- flexuously — In a flexuous way.
- flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- fluoxetine — A synthetic compound that inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- fluxionist — a person who uses mathematical fluxions
- foxborough — a town in E Massachusetts.
- fungitoxic — toxic to fungi.
- groundprox — a device that alerts a pilot of a passenger aircraft when the altitude falls below a certain level
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- indextrous — not possessing dexterity
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtaposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose.
- louis xiii — 1601–43, king of France 1610–43 (son of Henry IV of Navarre).
- louis xvii — ("Louis Charles of France") 1785–95, titular king of France 1793–95 (son of Louis XVI).
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- mixe-zoque — a member of an American Indian people of Mexico
- monoxylous — constructed from one whole piece of wood
- multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
- myxomatous — a soft tumor composed of connective and mucoid tissue.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- neurotoxin — a neurotoxic substance, as rattlesnake venom or the poison of a black widow spider.
- nontextual — of or relating to a text: textual errors.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- oxycalcium — pertaining to or produced by oxygen and calcium.
- oxyneurine — betaine.
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- oxyuriasis — human infection with pinworms.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- puzzle box — an enclosure, used in experiments in animal learning, from which an animal must escape or in which it must manipulate various devices.
- quadroxide — (chemistry) A tetroxide.
- saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
- saxicolous — living or growing among rocks.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- sioux city — a port in W Iowa, on the Missouri River.
- sixty-four — a cardinal number, 60 plus 4.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- squawk box — the speaker of a public-address system or an intercom system; loudspeaker.