9-letter words containing x, t
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chartreux — a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur
- cleartext — (cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text.
- clement x — (Emilio Altieri) 1590–1676, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1670–76.
- coaxation — (rare) The act of croaking.
- coexisted — Simple past tense and past participle of coexist.
- contexted — Simple past tense and past participle of context.
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- copy-text — a manuscript or earlier published version of a text, used as the basis for an emended, scholarly edition
- curtal ax — a cutlass
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- cytotoxic — poisonous to living cells: denoting certain drugs used in the treatment of leukaemia and other cancers
- cytotoxin — any substance that is poisonous to living cells
- data-text — (tool) A system from Harvard for numerical computations in the Social Sciences.
- de-excite — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- death tax — a tax on money or property that a person inherits
- deoxidant — an agent that deoxidizes.
- dexterity — Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
- dexterous — Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- dextrorse — (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise
- digitoxin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble cardiac glycoside, C 41 H 64 O 13 , or a mixture of cardiac glycosides of which this is the chief constituent, obtained from digitalis and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- directrix — Geometry. a fixed line used in the description of a curve or surface.
- ditty box — a small box used like a ditty bag.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- docetaxel — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- duplexity — duplex apartment.
- elixation — (now rare) Boiling, stewing.
- endotoxic — Of, related to, or caused by an endotoxin.
- endotoxin — A toxin that is present inside a bacterial cell and is released when the cell disintegrates. It is sometimes responsible for the characteristic symptoms of a disease, e.g., in botulism.
- epistaxes — Plural form of epistaxis.
- epistaxis — nosebleed
- epitaxial — Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy.
- eutaxitic — resembling eutaxite in form
- euxanthin — Indian yellow or magnesium euxanthate, a transparent yellow pigment used in oil paint.
- ex gratia — payment not required, but made to show good faith or good intentions
- exactable — Having the capability of being exacted.
- exactions — Plural form of exaction.
- exactness — The quality of being accurate or correct; precision.
- exactress — A female exactor.
- exagerate — Misspelling of exaggerate.
- exaltedly — In an exalted manner.
- examinant — a person who examines, esp academically or in a court of law; an examiner
- examinate — (obsolete) One who is subjected to examination.
- exanimate — Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
- exanthema — A skin rash accompanying a disease or fever.
- exanthems — Plural form of exanthem.
- exaration — (obsolete) The act of ploughing.
- exarchate — A distant province governed by an exarch under the Byzantine emperors.