8-letter words containing ex
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- pretexta — praetexta.
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- re-expel — to expel again
- reexport — to export again, as imported goods.
- reflexed — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- reflexly — in a reflex manner
- relexify — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- rexxware — An implementation of REXX for Novell NetWare produced by Simware, Inc. in January 1994. It is used by LAN managers to automate LAN administration chores on a Novell NetWare server. As a scripting language, REXXWARE is an NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) that runs on Novell NetWare servers. It includes more than 275 NetWare-specific functions, plus the standard REXX keywords, instructions, built-in functions, flow-control, tracing, and error trapping and recovery features. REXXWARE is certified by Novell for use with NetWare. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- safe sex — sexual activities in which precautions have been taken, as by the use of a condom, to minimize the chances of spreading or contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
- same-sex — of or relating to two or more persons of the same gender: same-sex friendships.
- sex cell — a spermatozoon or an ovum; gamete.
- sex life — If you refer to someone's sex life, you are referring to their sexual relationships and sexual activity.
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- sex shop — a store that sells products relating to sexual interests or activities.
- sex show — a live performance that customers pay to watch in which people perform sexual acts
- sex tape — a recording of a sexual encounter, esp one involving a celebrity
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sex work — prostitution.
- sex-text — to send a text message of a sexual nature to (someone)
- sexed up — sexually aroused.
- sexed-up — sexually aroused.
- sexenary — senary.
- sexiness — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- sexology — the study of sexual behavior.
- sextolet — a group of six equal musical notes or a sextuplet played in the time of four
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- spinifex — any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
- spintext — a preacher
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- supersex — a sterile organism in which the ratio between the sex chromosomes is disturbed
- syntexis — the alteration of magma by assimilation of a different mineral or by melting
- teletext — a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.
- text box — computing: space for typing text
- textbook — a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
- textiles — any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.
- textless — the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc.
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- textured — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- unexotic — not exotic; ordinary
- unexpert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- unflexed — unbent
- unsexist — not sexist
- unsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.