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9-letter words containing x, r, a

  • hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
  • hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
  • hexameral — hexamerous.
  • hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
  • hexameron — hexaemeron.
  • hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
  • hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
  • karl marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
  • lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
  • lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
  • lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
  • luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
  • luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
  • malaxator — a machine for kneading or grinding
  • marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
  • matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
  • maxidress — a dress that reaches the ankle
  • maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
  • maximizer — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
  • maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
  • mediatrix — a woman who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
  • mixer tap — a tap in which hot and cold water supplies have a joint outlet but are controlled separately
  • mixmaster — a disc jockey
  • moraxella — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, certain species of which, as M. lacunata, are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
  • myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
  • narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
  • orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
  • overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
  • overtaxed — taxed too heavily
  • paradoxal — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • paradoxer — a proposer of a paradox
  • paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
  • parataxic — of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.
  • parataxis — the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered.
  • pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
  • piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
  • piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
  • praetexta — (in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
  • preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
  • prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
  • prothorax — the anterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the first pair of legs.
  • proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
  • proxy arp — (networking)   The technique in which one host, usually a router, answers Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) requests intended for another machine. By "faking" its identity, the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination. Proxy ARP allows a site to use a single IP address with two physical networks. Subnetting would normally be a better solution.
  • pyothorax — empyema.
  • pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
  • rattlebox — any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous plants that have inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
  • ready-mix — a commercial preparation in which the principal ingredients have already been mixed for easy use: a novice cook's reliance on ready-mixes.
  • real axis — the horizontal axis in an Argand diagram.
  • reexamine — to examine again.
  • reexplain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
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