9-letter words containing x
- maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
- maxillula — either of the first pair of maxillae of a crustacean
- maxim gun — an early single-barreled, water-cooled machine gun cocked by the force of its own recoil.
- maximally — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- maximised — Simple past tense and past participle of maximise.
- maximises — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximized — Simple past tense and past participle of maximize.
- maximizer — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maximize.
- maximumly — In a maximum manner.
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- mediatrix — a woman who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- metaxylem — the part of the primary xylem that is the last to be formed, usually having weblike or pitted surfaces.
- methoxide — methylate (def 1).
- metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
- middlesex — a former county in SE England, now part of Greater London.
- minoxidil — a potent peripheral vasodilator, C 23 H 27 N, used in the treatment of severe hypertension, also applied topically to promote hair growth in some types of baldness.
- miter box — any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, especially a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides.
- mitre box — an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints
- mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- mixed bag — an often unexpected assortment of various things, people, or ideas: The concert was a mixed bag of works from three centuries.
- mixed bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- mixed-use — Real Estate. combining commercial and residential development; zoned for commercial and residential use.
- mixedness — Mixedness is the degree to which two solids, liquids, or gases have been mixed.
- mixer tap — a tap in which hot and cold water supplies have a joint outlet but are controlled separately
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- mixoploid — an organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- money box — a cashbox.
- monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
- monoxides — Plural form of monoxide.
- monoxylon — a sailing vessel constructed from one whole piece of wood
- moraxella — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, certain species of which, as M. lacunata, are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- mr. fixit — a person who characteristically repairs or tinkers with things, as household appliances (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- multiplex — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- mx record — Mail Exchange Record
- mycotoxin — a toxin produced by a fungus.
- myxamoeba — an amoeba-like cell produced by a spore
- myxoedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- nanny tax — the portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the employer of a nanny, gardener, or other household worker.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- neocortex — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- netbollix — ["bollix": to bungle] IBM's NetBIOS, an extremely brain-damaged network protocol that, like Blue Glue, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
- next door — Also, next door. to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like: Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.