8-letter words containing x
- deed box — a lockable metal box for storing documents
- deep-six — To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- deflexed — (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards
- demixing — Demixing is the unintended separation of the substances in a mixture.
- dentexes — Plural form of dentex.
- desexing — Present participle of desex.
- detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
- detoxing — Present participle of detox.
- devereux — Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1566–1601, British statesman, soldier, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.
- devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it
- dextrine — a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- dioxides — Plural form of dioxide.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- diplexer — a device that can split and combine audio and video signals, permitting two transmitters to share the same antenna.
- disannex — to separate (a place or thing that was formally annexed or joined to another)
- double x — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- doxology — a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.
- drop box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- drop-box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- duplexed — duplex apartment.
- duplexer — an automatic electronic switching device that permits the use of the same antenna for transmitting and receiving.
- duplexes — Plural form of duplex.
- duxelles — a mixture of finely diced mushrooms, shallots and parsley, or other herbs, used to flavour dishes
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslexic — a person subject to or having dyslexia.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- e galaxy — a type of galaxy having the shape of a spheroid or ellipsoid, rather than a disk.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- econobox — a small vehicle that is basic and fuel-efficient and has no unnecessary extras
- ecotoxic — harmful to animals, plants, or the environment
- effluxes — Plural form of efflux.
- ektexine — the outer of the two layers that make up the exine
- endeixis — a sign or mark
- endexine — an inner layer of an exine
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epoxides — Plural form of epoxide.
- equinoxe — Misspelling of equinox.
- eric xiv — 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68). His attempts to dominate the Baltic led to war with Denmark (1563–70); deposed and imprisoned
- ethoxide — any of a class of saltlike compounds with the formula MOC2H5, where M is a metal atom
- euronext — a European stock exchange formed by the amalgamation of the Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam bourses
- eutaxite — a type of banded volcanic rock
- euxenite — a rare brownish-black mineral containing erbium, cerium, uranium, columbium, and yttrium
- ex parte — (of an application in a judicial proceeding) on behalf of one side or party only
- ex works — (of a price, value, etc) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer