4-letter words containing x
- exo- — external, outside, or beyond
- exon — A segment of a DNA or RNA molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence.
- exos — A brand of Ethernet controller card and Ethernet software for Unix.
- expo — A large exhibition.
- ext. — Ext. is the written abbreviation for extension when it is used to refer to a particular telephone number.
- extn — extension
- exul — an exile, a person who has been banished
- faix — an exclamation of affirmation or surprise equivalent to 'faith'
- falx — a structure shaped like a sickle, as a fold of dura mater separating the cerebral hemispheres.
- faux — artificial or imitation; fake: a brooch with faux pearls.
- fixe — Archaic form of fix.
- fixt — a simple past tense and past participle of fix.
- flax — any plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
- flex — to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
- flix — The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
- flox — (molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as
- flux — a flowing or flow.
- foxe — John, 1516–87, English martyrologist.
- foxx — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- foxy — foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
- grex — a numerical system for measuring the size of fibers, filaments, or yarns, based on the weight in grams of 10,000 meters of the fibrous material.
- grix — /griks/ (WPI) A meta-number, said to be an integer between 6 and 7. Used either alone or with flib or suffixes such as -ty, -teen, etc. to denote an arbitrary integer (see N). "This system will bomb if there are grixty-flib users on it."
- hext — (obsolete, or, dialectal) Highest.
- hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- ibex — any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.
- ilex — any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
- imax — IMAX is a system for showing films on very large screens with very clear sound and pictures.
- inox — (attributive) stainless steel.
- irix — (operating system) /ir'iks/ The main operating system used by Silicon Graphics workstations and servers. IRIX is multiprocessor and multi-threaded. It incorporates substantial functionality from UNIX System V, Release 4.1 and 4.2.
- ixia — any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.
- jeux — a game.
- jinx — a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck.
- jixi — a city in Helongjiang province, NE China.
- jynx — A bird, the wryneck (Jynx or Iynx torquilla).
- knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- kthx — (chat) OK, thanks. Can be used as a (sarcastic) prefix, as in "plz2stfukthx".
- lanx — (in ancient Rome) a large dish or plate
- leix — Laoighis.
- luxe — luxury; elegance; sumptuousness: accommodations providing luxe at low rates. Compare deluxe.
- lynx — A wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia.
- macx — A package allowing the Macintosh to be used as an X server.
- manx — of or relating to the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, or their language.
- marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- max. — Max. is an abbreviation for maximum, and is often used after numbers or amounts.
- maxi — maxiskirt.
- minx — a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- mixt — a simple past tense and past participle of mix.
- mixy — adjusted or modified to allow mixing
- moxa — a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- mpsx — Mathematical Programming System Extended. Solution strategy for mathematical programming. "Mathematical Programming System Extended (MPSX) Control Language User's Manual", SH20-0932, IBM. Sammet 1978.