8-letter words containing x, a
- mac iicx — Macintosh IIcx
- mac os x — (operating system) /mak oss ten/ Version 10 of the Macintosh Operating System, based on FreeBSD unlike prevoius versions. Apple released the kernel of Mac OS X Server as "darwin", under an open source license. Mac OS X incldues a code framework called the "Core Foundation" and an "Application Kit" framework for GUI and widgets strongly derived from NEXTSTEP.
- macminix — (operating system) The Macintosh version of MINIX.
- malaxage — the act of kneading or softening unbaked pottery clay
- malaxate — To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
- manx cat — a tailless variety of the domestic cat.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- maxicoat — a long coat extending to the ankle
- maxillae — Irregular plural form of maxilla.
- maxillar — Maxillary.
- maximins — Plural form of maximin.
- maximise — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximist — a person who makes or uses maxims
- maximite — a powerful explosive consisting primarily of picric acid.
- maximize — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximums — Plural form of maximum.
- maxwells — Plural form of maxwell.
- megaplex — a large building containing many movie theaters, usually more than a dozen.
- melaxuma — a disease of trees, especially walnuts, characterized by an inky-black liquid oozing from the affected twigs, branches, and trunk, and by bark cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Dothiorella gregaria.
- mexicali — a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- mix tape — a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- monaxial — uniaxial.
- myxameba — the amebalike, usually nonflagellated, uninucleate haploid individual of a sporocarp that is released upon spore germination and feeds by engulfing bacteria and yeast: a typical stage in the life cycle of cellular slime molds.
- myxedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- naloxone — a narcotic analgesic antagonist, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 4 , used in the reversal of acute narcotic analgesic respiratory depression.
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- neuraxon — axon.
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- opopanax — (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- oxazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 1 5 H 1 1 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the management of anxiety, insomnia, and alcohol withdrawal.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- oxidasic — relating to enzymes that catalyse oxidation
- oxidated — Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- oxysalts — any salt of an oxyacid.
- oxytocia — rapid childbirth.
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- panmixia — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.
- parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- perborax — sodium perborate.