11-letter words containing x, h
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.
- sex hygiene — a branch of hygiene concerned with sex and sexual behavior as they relate to individual and community well-being.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- share index — A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies.
- six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
- six-wheeler — a truck or other vehicle having six wheels.
- sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
- sixth sense — a power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition: His sixth sense warned him to be cautious.
- sixty-eight — a cardinal number, 60 plus 8.
- sixty-fifth — next after the sixty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 65.
- sixty-ninth — next after the sixty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 69.
- sixty-sixth — next after the sixty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 66.
- sixty-third — next after the sixty-second; being the ordinal number for 63.
- sixty-three — a cardinal number, 60 plus 3.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- stealth tax — Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes.
- tax holiday — a period of time during which the government reduces or suspends the collection of a tax, as payroll, property, or sales tax: The state legislature declared a hurricane preparedness tax holiday for items like flashlights and battery-powered radios.
- tax sharing — revenue sharing.
- tax shelter — any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.
- taxgatherer — a person who collects taxes.
- texas hedge — the opposite of a normal hedging operation, in which risk is increased by buying more than one financial instrument of the same kind
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- the sex act — the act of sexual intercourse
- the sixties — the years numbered 60–69 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- thigmotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
- thiothixene — a potent antipsychotic, C 23 H 29 N 3 O 2 S 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia and related psychoses.
- thixotropic — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
- thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
- toxiphobiac — a person who suffers from toxicophobia
- toxophilite — a devotee of archery; archer.
- unexhausted — not exhausted; not completely used up
- unnilhexium — seaborgium.
- unorthodoxy — orthodox belief or practice.
- upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
- x-ray photo — a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays
- x-stretcher — a stretcher having the form of an X .
- xanthan gum — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
- xanthinuria — An abnormally high level of xanthine in one's urine.
- xanthophore — a chromatophore containing a yellow pigment, as in some cold-blooded animals.