8-letter words containing x, i, a
- galaxies — Plural form of galaxy.
- gaoxiong — Kaohsiung.
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
- gift tax — a tax imposed on the transfer of money or property from one living person to another by gift, payable by the donor.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hexamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 12 N 4 , used as a vulcanization accelerator, an absorbent in gas masks, in the manufacture of the explosive RDX and synthetic resins, and in medicine as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- in a fix — to repair; mend.
- janitrix — A female janitor.
- laxation — a loosening or relaxing.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- mac iicx — Macintosh IIcx
- macminix — (operating system) The Macintosh version of MINIX.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- 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.
- 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.
- paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.