6-letter words containing x, e
- deluxe — Deluxe goods or services are better in quality and more expensive than ordinary ones.
- dentex — a large active predatory sparid fish, Dentex dentex, of Mediterranean and E Atlantic waters, having long sharp teeth and powerful jaws
- deoxy- — indicating the presence of less oxygen than in a specified related compound
- detext — (rare) To extract or remove from a text.
- dexter — of or located on the right side
- dextr- — dextro-
- dextro — dextrorotatory
- diplex — pertaining to the simultaneous operation of two radio transmitters or to the simultaneous reception and transmission of radio signals over a single antenna through the use of two frequencies.
- dixies — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- doxies — opinion; doctrine.
- duplex — duplex apartment.
- earwax — a yellowish, waxlike secretion from certain glands in the external auditory canal; cerumen.
- efflux — outward flow, as of water.
- elixir — A magical or medicinal potion.
- eutaxy — a state of good order
- Évreux — an industrial town in NW France: severely damaged in World War II; cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 50 772 (2008)
- ex all — without the right to any benefits
- ex new — (of shares, etc) without the right to take up any scrip issue or rights issue
- ex-con — a former prisoner
- exacta — A bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the correct order.
- exacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exact.
- exacum — any plant of the annual or perennial tropical genus Exacum; some are grown as greenhouse biennials for their bluish-purple platter-shaped flowers: family Gentianaceae
- exalts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exalt.
- examen — A formal examination of the soul or conscience, made usually daily by Jesuits and some other Roman Catholics.
- examin — Obsolete form of examine.
- exarch — (in the Orthodox Church) a bishop lower in rank than a patriarch and having jurisdiction wider than the metropolitan of a diocese.
- exaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- excamb — to exchange
- excave — (obsolete) To excavate.
- excede — Dated form of exceed.
- exceed — Be greater in number or size than (a quantity, number, or other measurable thing).
- excels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excel.
- except — Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.
- excerp — (obsolete) To pick out.
- excess — An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
- excide — To cut off.
- excise — A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities.
- excite — Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
- excize — Obsolete form of excise.
- exclam — (grammar) abbreviation of exclamation.
- excuse — Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
- excuss — To shake off.
- exec 2 — 1. (language) A scripting language produced by IBM in the late 1970s. Superseded by REXX. 2. (operating system) An archaic operating system from UNIVAC. By about 1980 it had been replaced by EXEC 8.
- exec 8 — (operating system) Unisys's operating system from about 1980 to 2000, by which time it was a dying breed with Unisys moving to Windows NT and Unix.
- exedra — A room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse, especially in ancient Roman and Greek houses and gymnasia, typically semicircular in plan.
- exempt — Free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
- exequy — (obsolete, now only in plural) funeral rites.
- exergy — (physics) Concentrated or organized energy, which can be transformed into work.
- exerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exert.
- exeter — a city in SW England, administrative centre of Devon; university (1955). Pop: 106 772 (2001)