11-letter words containing x
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chicken pox — a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
- christian x — 1890–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1918–44)
- church text — a heavy typeface in Gothic style
- clement xii — (Lorenzo Corsini) 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- cloxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms
- coexecutrix — a joint executrix.
- coexistence — The coexistence of one thing with another is the fact that they exist together at the same time or in the same place.
- coextending — Present participle of coextend.
- coextension — The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- complex ion — a charged complex. Compare complex (def 10).
- complexions — Plural form of complexion.
- complexness — The state or quality of being complex.
- consolatrix — a woman who consoles
- contextless — having no context
- convex hull — the smallest convex set containing a given set; the intersection of all convex sets that contain a given set.
- convex lens — optical glass
- convexities — Plural form of convexity.
- copropraxia — An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures.
- cornish rex — a breed of cat with a very soft wavy coat, a small head, large eyes, and very large ears
- council tax — In Britain, council tax is a tax that you pay to your local authority in order to pay for local services such as schools, libraries, and rubbish collection. The amount of council tax that you pay depends on the value of the house or flat where you live.
- coxcombical — of or resembling the characteristic nature of a coxcomb
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- crux ansata — the ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- death taxes — Death taxes were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- demultiplex — (electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer).
- deoxidation — (mineralogy) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved oxygen, with the aid of a reducing agent.
- deoxidisers — Plural form of deoxidiser.
- deoxidising — Present participle of deoxidise.
- deoxidizing — Present participle of deoxidize.
- deoxygenate — to remove oxygen from (water, air, etc)
- deoxygenize — deoxygenate.
- deoxyribose — a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of DNA. Formula: C5H10O4
- desexualise — Alternative spelling of desexualize.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.
- detoxifying — Present participle of detoxify.
- deux-sevres — a department of W France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Niort. Pop: 347 652 (2003 est). Area: 6054 sq km (2337 sq miles)
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right