8-letter words containing x, p, l
- poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
- polyaxon — a nerve cell with multiple branches
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- re-expel — to expel again
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- smallpox — an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
- wax palm — a tall, pinnate-leaved palm, Ceroxylon alpinum (or C. andicola), of the Andes, whose stem and leaves yield a resinous wax.
- waxplant — a shrubby climbing plant, Hoya carnosa, of the milkweed family, native to Australia, with umbels of waxy pink or white flowers.
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp