10-letter words containing x, p, o
- expositors — Plural form of expositor.
- expository — Intended to explain or describe something.
- expounding — Present participle of expound.
- expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
- exprobrate — (dated) To reproach or upbraid.
- expulsions — Plural form of expulsion.
- expunction — The act of expunging or erasing.
- expurgator — One who expurgates.
- extemporal — (archaic) Extemporaneous.
- extirpator — Someone or something that extirpates.
- flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- googleplex — Misspelling of googolplex.
- googolplex — a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .
- groundprox — a device that alerts a pilot of a passenger aircraft when the altitude falls below a certain level
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hyperoxide — superoxide.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtaposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose.
- mixoploidy — an organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
- multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
- nephropexy — (surgery) suspension or fixation of the kidney.
- non-expert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- non-expiry — expiration of breath.
- noncomplex — not complex or complicated; simple
- nonexample — Example that is irrelevant to a rule or a definition already shown, used for a clearer explanation.
- nonexposed — not exposed
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthopraxy — correctness or orthodoxy of action or practice.
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overexpose — to expose too much, as to the sun, cold, or light rays (often used reflexively): Be careful of overexposing yourself to the sun.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- paroxetine — a drug, C 19 H 20 FNO 3 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- pax romana — the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pepper-box — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.