5-letter words containing x
- oxfam — Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
- oxide — a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
- oxids — a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
- oxime — any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- oxlip — a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- oxter — the armpit.
- panax — any perennial herb of the genus Panax
- paxes — the Roman goddess of peace.
- paxos — one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 7 sq. mi. (18 sq. km).
- phlox — any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors. Compare phlox family.
- pixel — picture element
- pixes — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pixie — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- pnxt. — he (or she) painted it
- podex — the posterior of an animal
- posix — Portable Operating System Interface
- prexy — a president, especially of a college or university.
- prox. — proximo (next month)
- proxy — the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
- pyrex — Pyrex is a type of strong glass which is used for making bowls and dishes that do not break when you cook things in them.
- pyxes — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pyxie — either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the eastern U.S., having numerous small, starlike blossoms and growing in sandy soil.
- pyxis — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
- radix — Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
- raxed — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- raxes — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- redex — Reducible Expression. An expression matching the left hand side of a reduction rule or definition.
- redox — oxidation-reduction
- redux — brought back; resurgent: the Victorian era redux.
- refix — to repair; mend.
- regex — The GNU regular expression matching library. See also Rx.
- relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- remex — one of the flight feathers of the wing.
- remix — to mix again.
- retax — a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- retox — to embark on a binge of drink, drugs, or unhealthy food after a period of abstinence
- rewax — to wax again
- robex — ROBot EXapt. Aachen Tech College. Based on EXAPT. Version: ROBEX-M for micros.
- roxas — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1892–1948, Philippine statesman: 1st president of the Philippines 1946–48.
- salix — a plant or tree of the willow family
- saxes — a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
- saxon — a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- sexed — being of a particular sex or having sexual characteristics.
- sexer — a person trained to determine the sex of an animal, usually chickens
- sexes — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- sexi- — sex-
- silex — flint; silica.
- sioux — Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- sixer — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sixmo — a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into six leaves or twelve pages, each one sixth the size of the sheet