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8-letter words containing x, a

  • syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
  • tableaux — a picture, as of a scene.
  • tax base — the assessed value of the taxable property, assets, and income within a specific tax district
  • tax bill — a parliamentary bill relating to taxation
  • tax bite — an amount of money deducted from your income in the form of tax
  • tax code — (in the UK) a code consisting of numbers and letters, which indicates to an employer how much tax should be deducted from an employee's pay
  • tax deed — a title deed issued by a public authority to the purchaser of property sold for the nonpayment of taxes.
  • tax disc — In Britain, a tax disc is a small round piece of paper displayed on cars and motorcycles which proves that the owner has paid road tax.
  • tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
  • tax loss — a loss sustained by a company that can be set against future profits for tax purposes
  • tax rate — the percentage of the value of a property to be paid as a tax.
  • tax sale — the sale of real property, as land, usually at auction by a public authority, in order to pay delinquent taxes assessed upon its owner.
  • tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
  • tax-free — tax-exempt (def 1).
  • taxables — people, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
  • taxation — the act of taxing.
  • taxative — of, relating to, or involving taxation
  • taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
  • taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
  • taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
  • tetraxon — a four-pointed spicule
  • textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
  • textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
  • the axis — the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II
  • the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
  • tlaxcala — a state in SE central Mexico. 1554 sq. mi. (4025 sq. km). Capital: Tlaxcala.
  • toadflax — a common European plant, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy yellow-and-orange flowers, naturalized as a weed in the U.S.
  • tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
  • tooth ax — an ax for dressing stone, having two serrated edges.
  • toxaemia — blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
  • toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
  • toxocara — a parasitic worm infesting the intestines of cats and dogs
  • tractrix — a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.
  • transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • triaxial — having three axes.
  • undertax — to tax at an insufficient level
  • uniaxial — having one axis.
  • 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.
  • unsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
  • vauxhall — a district in London, on the south bank of the Thames
  • vax mips — (benchmark)   (Or VAX Unit of Performance, VUP) The processing power normally attributed to a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11/780. Future VAX systems were rated according to this scale (e.g. VAX 8350's being 2.7 VUPs per CPU). A MicroVAX II is normally associated with 0.9 VUPs and at a later time the MicroVUP was coined to rate VAX workstations. The use of the VUP by Digital Equipment Corporation has been replaced with more standard benchmarks (SPECint and SPECfp) in the DEC Alpha processor systems.
  • vexation — the act of vexing.
  • vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
  • vx (gas) — a highly lethal nerve gas, C11H26NO2PS, absorbed through the skin and lungs
  • wall box — an enclosed iron or steel socket built into a masonry wall to support the end of a wooden beam.
  • watchbox — a sentry's shelter
  • water ox — water buffalo.
  • waterpox — chickenpox
  • wax bean — a variety of string bean bearing yellowish, waxy pods.
  • wax moth — bee moth.
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