7-letter words containing x, u
- exuviae — An animal's cast or sloughed skin, especially that of an insect larva.
- exuvial — Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
- exuvium — something that is cast off, such as the exoskeleton of an animal
- fauxlex — (rare, slang) A fake Rolex watch.
- fixture — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- flexure — the act of flexing or bending.
- flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- fluxing — a flowing or flow.
- fluxion — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- fluxive — flowing; fluid; variable
- foxhunt — A hunt for foxes; normally with dogs.
- funplex — a large amusement or entertainment centre
- fussbox — a fussbudget.
- fuzzbox — A device that adds a distorted buzzing quality to the sound of an electric guitar or other instrument.
- gateaux — a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
- guangxi — autonomous region in S China: 85,097 sq mi (220,400 sq km); pop. 42,530,000; cap. Nanning
- humidex — a scale indicating the levels of heat and humidity in current weather conditions
- jambeux — (historical) mediaeval armour for the legs below the knees.
- jouhaux — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
- jukebox — a coin-operated phonograph, typically in a gaudy, illuminated cabinet, having a variety of records that can be selected by push button.
- ku klux — Ku Klux Klan
- lascaux — the site of a cave in SW France, in the Dordogne: contains Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings
- lemieux — Mario ("Super Mario") born 1965, Canadian hockey player and executive.
- lisieux — a town in NW France: Roman Catholic pilgrimage centre, for its shrine of St Thérèse, who lived there. Pop: 22 109 (2006)
- luxated — Simple past tense and past participle of luxate.
- malraux — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.
- margaux — a red wine produced in the region around the village of Margaux near Bordeaux
- max out — maximum.
- maximum — the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
- maximus — a method rung on twelve bells
- michaux — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1984, French poet and painter, born in Belgium.
- milieux — surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
- mixture — a product of mixing.
- modulex — Based on Modula-2. Mentioned by M.P. Atkinson & J.W. Schmidt in a tutorial in Zurich, 1989.
- monteux — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1875–1964, U.S. symphony orchestra conductor born in France.
- murexes — Plural form of murex.
- musk ox — a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, of arctic regions of North America and Greenland, that is between an ox and a sheep in size and anatomy.
- naxuana — a city in W Azerbaijan, capital of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic: an ancient trading town; ceded to Russia in 1828. Pop: 66 800 (1994)
- nexuses — Plural form of nexus.
- noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- out-box — a boxlike tray, basket, or the like, as on a desk, for holding outgoing mail, messages, or work.
- outflux — the act of flowing out; outflow (opposed to influx).
- outjinx — to exceed in jinxing
- paxiuba — a tropical South American palm tree, Iriartea exorrhiza
- phrixus — a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
- pius ix — (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) 1792–1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846–78.
- pius xi — (Achille Ratti) 1857–1939, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1922–39.
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- quixote — Don, Don Quixote.
- rexburg — a town in E Idaho.