8-letter words containing x, p, o
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- phorminx — an ancient Greek stringed musical instrument of the lyre family
- piloxing — a system of exercise combining elements of Pilates and boxing
- play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- 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
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- poor box — a box, especially in a church, into which contributions for the poor can be dropped.
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- propoxur — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 3 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide against a wide variety of insects.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pump box — a chamber of a pump in which a piston operates.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- reexport — to export again, as imported goods.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sex shop — a store that sells products relating to sexual interests or activities.
- six-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing six pips.
- 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.
- soap-box — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- xenophon — 434?–355? b.c, Greek historian and essayist.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- xiphoids — Plural form of xiphoid.
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp