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8-letter words containing x, r

  • ab extra — from the outside.
  • aftertax — remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted: a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.
  • air taxi — a small or medium-sized commercial airplane that carries passengers, and often mail, to places not regularly served by scheduled airlines
  • anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
  • anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
  • apyrexia — absence of fever
  • ataraxia — calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
  • ataraxic — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
  • ataraxis — The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity.
  • auxiliar — (obsolete) auxiliary.
  • aviatrix — a female aviator
  • axillary — of, relating to, or near the armpit
  • axletree — a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve
  • banxring — a small tree-dwelling and insectivorous animal, Tupaia, resembling a squirrel, native to Java and Sumatra
  • bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
  • box iron — a flatiron that is heated by inserting live coals or a piece of hot metal in its boxlike holder.
  • box room — a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.
  • boxberry — the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
  • boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
  • boxthorn — matrimony vine
  • brainbox — the skull
  • breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
  • broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
  • bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
  • carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
  • carfaxes — Plural form of carfax.
  • carnifex — an executioner
  • carpeaux — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1827–75, French sculptor.
  • cextract — (programming, tool)   A C prototype extractor by Adam Bryant <[email protected]>. cextract can generate header files for large multi-file C programs, and will automatically generate prototypes for all of the functions in such a program. It can also generate a sorted list of all functions and their locations. cextract version 1.7 works with both ANSI C and K&R C and runs under Unix and VMS. Posted to comp.sources.reviewed.
  • chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
  • cicatrix — the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
  • corixids — Plural form of corixid.
  • coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
  • creatrix — (rare) A female creator.
  • crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
  • crucifix — A crucifix is a cross with a figure of Christ on it.
  • curatrix — a woman in charge of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
  • curtalax — cutlass.
  • cybersex — Cybersex involves using the Internet for sexual purposes, especially by exchanging sexual messages with another person.
  • devereuxRobert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1566–1601, British statesman, soldier, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.
  • dextrine — a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
  • dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
  • dextrous — dexterous
  • diplexer — a device that can split and combine audio and video signals, permitting two transmitters to share the same antenna.
  • doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
  • drop box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
  • drop-box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
  • duplexer — an automatic electronic switching device that permits the use of the same antenna for transmitting and receiving.
  • eric xiv — 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68). His attempts to dominate the Baltic led to war with Denmark (1563–70); deposed and imprisoned
  • euronext — a European stock exchange formed by the amalgamation of the Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam bourses

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