10-letter words containing x, o
- box number — A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it.
- box office — The box office in a theatre, cinema, or concert hall is the place where the tickets are sold.
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- box-office — of or relating to the box office or to the business and commercial aspects of the theater: a box-office window; box-office receipts; a box-office attraction.
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- carbon tax — A carbon tax is a tax on the burning of fuels such as coal, gas, and oil. Its aim is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
- carborexic — a person who is regarded as being obsessed with reducing their carbon footprint
- carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- chaetotaxy — the arrangement of bristles on the exoskeleton of an insect.
- chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- chickenpox — Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
- chionodoxa — any plant of the liliaceous genus Chionodoxa, of S Europe and W Asia
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- coexecutor — a person acting jointly with another or others as executor
- coexistent — Existing at the same time as something else.
- coexisting — to exist together or at the same time.
- coextended — Simple past tense and past participle of coextend.
- commixtion — the act of mixing together
- commixture — a mixture
- complexify — to make or become complex
- complexing — Complexing is a process in which a complex is formed.
- complexion — When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face.
- complexity — Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
- complexone — any chelating agent, such as EDTA, used for the analytical determination of metals
- connexions — Plural form of connexion.
- contexting — Present participle of context.
- contextomy — the practice of misquoting someone by shortening the quotation or by leaving out surrounding words or sentences that would place the quotation in context.
- contextual — A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something.
- contexture — the fact, process, or manner of weaving or of being woven together
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- convexedly — convexly
- convexness — the state or quality of being convex
- cover text — a text that conceals an encoded message.
- coxcomical — Alternative form of coxcombical.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- cyclohexyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cytotoxins — Plural form of cytotoxin.
- deoxidiser — Alternative form of deoxidizer.
- deoxidized — Simple past tense and past participle of deoxidize.
- deoxidizer — Any agent that reduces the oxygen content of a material; a deoxidant.
- deoxidizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxidize.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects