8-letter words containing x, t
- tax-free — tax-exempt (def 1).
- taxables — people, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
- taxation — the act of taxing.
- taxative — of, relating to, or involving taxation
- taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
- taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- teletext — a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.
- tetraxon — a four-pointed spicule
- text box — computing: space for typing text
- textbook — a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
- textiles — any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.
- textless — the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc.
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- textured — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- the axis — the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II
- the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tick box — A tick box is a small square on a form, questionnaire, or test in which you put a tick to show that you agree with a statement.
- title ix — a clause in the 1972 Education Act stating that no one shall because of sex be denied the benefits of any educational program of activity that receives direct federal aid.
- tlaxcala — a state in SE central Mexico. 1554 sq. mi. (4025 sq. km). Capital: Tlaxcala.
- toadflax — a common European plant, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy yellow-and-orange flowers, naturalized as a weed in the U.S.
- tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- tool box — container for handheld implements
- tooth ax — an ax for dressing stone, having two serrated edges.
- tote box — a box for holding and carrying tools, machine parts, etc.
- toxaemia — blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
- toxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
- toxocara — a parasitic worm infesting the intestines of cats and dogs
- tractrix — a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.
- transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- triaxial — having three axes.
- trioxide — an oxide containing three oxygen atoms, as As 2 O 3 .
- tuxedoed — wearing a tuxedo
- tymcom-x — (operating system) Tymshare's operating system which ran for many years on Tymshare's PDP-10s. It was a descendent of TOPS-10 but had many of the important features of TOPS-20 such as real paging and controllable/spawnable processes. TYMCOM-X, one of the best kept secrets in the PDP-10 folklore, was written by Bill Weiher, Vance Socci <[email protected]>, Allen Ginzburg, Karen Kolling, Art Atkinson, Gary Morgenthaler (founder of the company that produced IDRIS), Todd Corenson and Murray Bowles. Some copies still run today. Most TYMNET development was done under TYMCOM-X and Tymshare sold a TYMCOM-X system to TRW to use in their credit reporting network, which was based on a purchased copy of TYMNET circa 1979.
- undertax — to tax at an insufficient level
- unexotic — not exotic; ordinary
- unexpert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- unfixity — instability
- unsexist — not sexist
- vexation — the act of vexing.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- videotex — an electronic information transmission and retrieval technology enabling interactive communication, for such purposes as data acquisition and dissemination and electronic banking and shopping, between typically large and diverse computer databases and users of home or office display terminals connected to telephone or cable-television lines, or through use of broadcast television signals.
- watchbox — a sentry's shelter
- water ox — water buffalo.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- wax moth — bee moth.