6-letter words containing ax
- koufax — Sanford ("Sandy") born 1935, U.S. baseball player.
- larnax — a coffin made of terracotta
- laxalt — Paul, born 1922, U.S. politician: senator 1974–87.
- laxism — (in Roman Catholic theology) the doctrine that, in cases of doubt in moral matters, the more liberal course should always be followed
- laxist — (in Roman Catholic theology) a casuist who believes that, in cases of doubt in moral matters, the more liberal course should always be followed
- laxity — the state or quality of being lax; looseness.
- mastax — the muscular pharynx of a rotifer, containing a chewing apparatus.
- maxima — a plural of maximum.
- maxims — Plural form of maxim.
- maxine — a female given name.
- maxing — Present participle of max.
- maxixe — a ballroom dance originating in Brazil, in moderate duple measure with syncopated rhythms.
- nontax — not involving or relating to tax, not derived from or due to tax
- oaxaca — a state in S Mexico. 36,375 sq. mi. (94,210 sq. km).
- paxman — Jeremy (Dickson). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews
- paxton — Sir Joseph, 1801–65, English horticulturist and architect.
- paxwax — the neck ligament; nuchal ligament.
- pickax — a pick, especially a mattock.
- poleax — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- praxes — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- praxis — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- pretax — profits, etc.: before tax
- raxing — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- saxaul — an Asian shrub with spongy bark and small leaves, Holoxylon Ammodendron
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- smilax — any plant belonging to the genus Smilax, of the lily family, growing in tropical and temperate zones, consisting mostly of vines having woody stems.
- storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- styrax — any tropical or subtropical tree of the genus Styrax, which includes the storaxes
- surtax — an additional or extra tax on something already taxed.
- syntax — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- tampax — a brand of tampon (for absorbing menstrual blood); sometimes used as a generic name
- taxeme — a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation.
- taxied — a taxicab.
- taxies — a taxicab.
- taxila — an archaeological site near Rawalpindi, Pakistan: ruins of three successive cities on the same site, dating from about the 7th century b.c. to about the 7th century a.d.; Buddhist center.
- taxing — wearingly burdensome: the day-to-day, taxing duties of a supervisor.
- taxite — a volcanic rock with streaks of different colour or texture
- taxman — collector of taxes
- thorax — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- unaxed — (esp of trees) not axed or chopped
- vaxset — A set of software development tools from DEC, including a language-sensitive editor, compilers etc.
- waxeth — (obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wax.
- waxier — Comparative form of waxy.
- waxily — In a waxy way.
- waxing — Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
- wraxle — to wrestle
- x-axis — Also called axis of abscissas. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually horizontal, along which the abscissa is measured and from which the ordinate is measured.
- y-axis — Also called axis of ordinates. (in a plane Cartesian coordinate system) the axis, usually vertical, along which the ordinate is measured and from which the abscissa is measured.
- z-axis — (in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system) the axis along which values of z are measured and at which both x and y equal zero.