8-letter words containing x, a
- coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
- creatrix — (rare) A female creator.
- curatrix — a woman in charge of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
- curtalax — cutlass.
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- 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
- disannex — to separate (a place or thing that was formally annexed or joined to another)
- doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- e galaxy — a type of galaxy having the shape of a spheroid or ellipsoid, rather than a disk.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- eutaxite — a type of banded volcanic rock
- ex parte — (of an application in a judicial proceeding) on behalf of one side or party only
- exabytes — Plural form of exabyte.
- exactest — Superlative form of exact.
- exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- exahertz — A unit of measurement based on one quintillion hertz.
- exalters — Plural form of exalter.
- exalting — Present participle of exalt.
- examined — Simple past tense and past participle of examine.
- examinee — The one who is examined.
- examiner — A person whose job is to inspect something; an inspector.
- examines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examine.
- examplar — Alt form exemplar.
- exampled — Simple past tense and past participle of example.
- exampler — (obsolete) A pattern; an exemplar.
- examples — Plural form of example.
- exanthem — A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
- exarchal — Of or relating to an exarch.
- excavate — Make (a hole or channel) by digging.
- excetera — Eye dialect of et cetera.
- exchange — Give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
- excitant — able to excite or stimulate
- excitate — (obsolete) To excite.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- exclaves — Plural form of exclave.
- excreate — (obsolete) To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- execrate — Feel or express great loathing for.
- exemplar — A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.
- exequial — of or relating to exequies
- exgratia — (chiefly, India) Alternative form of ex gratia.
- exhalant — Exhaling (emitting a fluid).