8-letter words containing x, r
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- normoxic — (medicine) Having a normal oxygen concentration; typically 20-21% in the atmosphere, or 2-3% in physiological contexts.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- oxidizer — oxidant.
- oximeter — an instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in a sample of blood.
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- oxpecker — either of two African starlings of the genus Buphagus, characterized by their habit of riding on large, wild animals and domestic cattle to feed on ticks.
- oxymoron — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
- 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
- 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.
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- 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.
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- prefixes — 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.
- pretexta — praetexta.
- 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).
- 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.
- quixotry — A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
- re-expel — to expel again
- reexport — to export again, as imported goods.
- reflexed — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- reflexly — in a reflex manner
- relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
- relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relexify — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- rexxware — An implementation of REXX for Novell NetWare produced by Simware, Inc. in January 1994. It is used by LAN managers to automate LAN administration chores on a Novell NetWare server. As a scripting language, REXXWARE is an NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) that runs on Novell NetWare servers. It includes more than 275 NetWare-specific functions, plus the standard REXX keywords, instructions, built-in functions, flow-control, tracing, and error trapping and recovery features. REXXWARE is certified by Novell for use with NetWare. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- road tax — In Britain, road tax is a tax paid every year by the owners of every motor vehicle which is being used on the roads.
- rose box — a perforated metal box used as a strainer; strum.
- rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- roxburgh — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sex work — prostitution.
- sexenary — senary.