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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.
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