9-letter words containing x, i, a, o
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- gloxinias — Plural form of gloxinia.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- isoxazole — (organic compound) the isomer of oxazole 1,2-oxazole many of whose derivatives have pharmacological activity.
- ixodiasis — a disease that is transmitted by ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- lipopexia — the storage of fat in the body.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- oxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.
- oxidation — the process or result of oxidizing.
- oxidative — the process or result of oxidizing.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- pizza box — [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially Sun) desktop workstations, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two megabyte single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- polyaxial — having more than one axis
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- saxitoxin — a powerful neurotoxin, C 1 0 H 1 7 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
- sex ratio — the proportional distribution of the sexes in a population aggregate, expressed as the number of males per 100 females.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- sioux war — any of a series of skirmishes or wars between the Sioux Indians and settlers or the U.S. Army from 1854 to 1890.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- taxonomic — the science or technique of classification.
- telotaxis — orientation or movement, by an organism with sensory receptors, toward or away from a particular source of stimulation.
- textorial — relating to weaving or weavers
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- tobin tax — a proposed tax on foreign-exchange transactions intended to discourage destabilizing speculation while also raising large revenues that could be channelled to the developing world
- toxically — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- unanxious — not anxious or concerned
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- xanthosis — (pathology) A yellowish discolouration of tissues undergoing degeneration.
- xenolalia — The ability to speak in a language which the individual has not learned. It is similar to, but not the same as, xenography.
- xenomania — A strong preference for foreign customs, manners, or institutions; the gaining of pleasure from meeting strangers or visiting foreign countries.
- xenomenia — menstruation from unusual orifices
- xiphoidal — shaped like a sword