8-letter words containing x, t
- oxytocin — Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus.
- oxytonic — (of a word) having the stress or acute accent on the last syllable
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- pretexta — praetexta.
- quixotic — extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
- quixotry — A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
- reexport — to export again, as imported goods.
- relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
- 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.
- salt tax — any of various taxes imposed on salt, such as the French gabelle (abolished 1790) or that in India (abolished 1946)
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- sex tape — a recording of a sexual encounter, esp one involving a celebrity
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sex-text — to send a text message of a sexual nature to (someone)
- sextolet — a group of six equal musical notes or a sextuplet played in the time of four
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- six-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing six pips.
- sixtieth — next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
- sixtus i — Saint, pope a.d. 116?–125?.
- sixtus v — (Felice Peretti) 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1585–90.
- sixtyish — more or less sixty
- spintext — a preacher
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- syntexis — the alteration of magma by assimilation of a different mineral or by melting
- tableaux — a picture, as of a scene.
- tax base — the assessed value of the taxable property, assets, and income within a specific tax district
- tax bill — a parliamentary bill relating to taxation
- tax bite — an amount of money deducted from your income in the form of tax
- tax code — (in the UK) a code consisting of numbers and letters, which indicates to an employer how much tax should be deducted from an employee's pay
- tax deed — a title deed issued by a public authority to the purchaser of property sold for the nonpayment of taxes.
- tax disc — In Britain, a tax disc is a small round piece of paper displayed on cars and motorcycles which proves that the owner has paid road tax.
- tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
- tax loss — a loss sustained by a company that can be set against future profits for tax purposes
- tax rate — the percentage of the value of a property to be paid as a tax.
- tax sale — the sale of real property, as land, usually at auction by a public authority, in order to pay delinquent taxes assessed upon its owner.
- tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.