7-letter words containing x
- roxanne — a female given name.
- salpinx — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- saltbox — a box in which salt is kept.
- sandbox — a box or receptacle for holding sand, especially one large enough for children to play in.
- saxhorn — any of a family of brass instruments close to the cornets and tubas.
- saxtuba — a large bass saxhorn.
- sea fox — thresher (def 2).
- sealwax — a sealing wax made from a preparation of shellac and turpentine that is soft and fluid when heated, but which hardens upon cooling
- seedbox — the part of a plant that contains seeds
- seroxat — a drug that prolongs the action of serotonin in the brain; used to treat depression and social anxiety
- sex act — sexual intercourse; copulation.
- sex aid — A sex aid is an object or piece of equipment that is designed to make sex easier or better.
- sex god — if you refer to a man, especially a film star, as a sex god, you mean that many people consider him to be sexually attractive
- sex toy — device or aid for sexual stimulation
- sexfoil — a round ornament consisting of six lobes divided by cusps.
- sexiest — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- sexless — having or seeming to have no sex; neuter.
- sexpert — a person who professes a knowledge of sexual matters
- sextain — a stanza of six lines.
- sextans — (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.
- sextant — an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distances, especially the altitudes of sun, moon, and stars.
- sextern — six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- sextile — Astronomy. noting or pertaining to the aspect or position of two heavenly bodies when 60° distant from each other.
- sexting — a sexually explicit digital image, text message, etc., sent to someone usually by cell phone.
- sexwale — Tokyo. full name Mosima Gabriel Sexwale. born 1953; South African political activist and businessman
- shaanxi — a province in N central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). Capital: Xian.
- shoebox — an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.
- showbox — a box containing a showman's material
- similix — An autoprojector (self-applicable partial evaluator) for a higher order subset of the strict functional language Scheme. Similix handles programs with user defined primitive abstract data type operators which may process global variables (such as input/output operators). Version 5.0. Anders Bondorf <[email protected]> conformance: extension of large subset of R4RS Scheme. requires: Scheme ports: Scm, Chez Scheme portability: high E-mail: Anders Bondorf <[email protected]>
- simplex — simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
- sin tax — a tax levied on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, or other things considered neither luxuries nor necessities.
- six-gun — a six-shooter.
- sixfold — six times as great or as much.
- sixteen — a cardinal number, ten plus six.
- sixties — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- sixtine — Sistine.
- ski wax — a substance put on the base of a ski to increase the freezing point of water on the base of the ski
- soapbox — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- sonovox — a device used to alter the sound of the human voice in music recordings
- spandex — a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity.
- speedex — Early system on IBM 701. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- st. ex. — stock exchange
- statmux — statistical time division multiplexing
- subtext — the underlying or implicit meaning, as of a literary work.
- supplex — a type of synthetic fabric which is breathable, stretchable, and fast-drying, used esp for sportswear
- synaxis — an assembly for religious worship, especially for the celebration of the Eucharist.
- sysplex — (operating system) An IBM term for communicating MVS systems. See also "Parallel Sysplex".
- tax cut — decrease in amount of tax
- tax net — the mechanism for ensuring that people and companies pay their taxes
- taxable — capable of being taxed; subject to tax: a taxable gain.