10-letter words containing x, i, o
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- sioux city — a port in W Iowa, on the Missouri River.
- six-footer — a person who is roughly six feet tall.
- six-storey — having six floors or storeys
- sixth form — secondary school: final 2 years
- sixty-four — a cardinal number, 60 plus 4.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
- synaxarion — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- taxflation — bracket creep.
- taxonomist — the science or technique of classification.
- thixotropy — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- thyrotoxic — of or relating to a condition caused by excessive thyroid hormone in the system, usually resulting from overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- toxalbumin — any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
- toxication — poisoning.
- toxicology — the science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.
- toxiphobia — an abnormal fear of being poisoned.
- trihydroxy — containing three hydroxyl groups.
- tropotaxis — straight movement by an organism toward or away from a source of stimulation as a result of comparing information received by paired sensory receptors on both sides of the body.
- unoxidized — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- unuxorious — doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.
- uxorilocal — matrilocal.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- vox populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- window box — a box for growing plants, placed at or in a window.
- window tax — a tax on windows in houses levied between 1696 and 1851
- windows 9x — (operating system) A shorthand meaning Windows 95 or Windows 98.
- windows xp — (operating system) The version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that, when it was released on 2001-10-25, finally merged the Windows 95 - Windows ME strain with the Windows NT - Windows 2000 one. XP comes in two main versions: Windows XP Professional Edition and a simplified subset for home users, Windows XP Home Edition.
- xanthation — (chemistry) Conversion into a xanthate.
- xanthopsia — A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
- xenobiotic — a chemical or substance that is foreign to an organism or biological system.
- xenogeneic — Denoting, relating to, or involving tissues or cells belonging to individuals of different species.
- xenolithic — Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
- xenophiles — Plural form of xenophile.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- xerodermic — pertaining to xeroderma
- xerophagia — The eating of dry food.
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- xerophobia — A fear of dryness.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xerostomia — dryness of the mouth caused by diminished function of the salivary glands due to aging, disease, drug reaction, etc.
- xiphoidian — (anatomy, rare) xiphoid.
- xiphopagic — making up or constituting a xiphopagus