7-letter words containing x
- auxetic — something that promotes auxesis
- auxinic — containing or relating to auxins
- axebird — a nightjar of northern Queensland and New Guinea with a cry that sounds like a chopping axe
- axehead — Alternative spelling of axe head.
- axelike — similar to or like an axe
- axelrod — Julius. 1912–2004, US neuropharmacologist, renowned for his work on catecholamines. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (with von Euler and Bernard Katz) 1970
- axially — in the direction or line of the axis
- axillae — Anatomy. the armpit.
- axillar — one of the feathers growing from the axilla of a bird's wing
- axinite — a precious mineral, found in a range of colours, which forms glassy crystals
- axolotl — any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny): family Ambystomidae
- axoneme — the part of a cell, consisting of proteins and microtubes, which forms the core
- bandbox — a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats
- bateaux — Also, batteau. Nautical. Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers. a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack. (in some regions) a scow.
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- beatbox — a drum machine
- beatrix — full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. born 1938, queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013); abdicated in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander
- beeswax — Beeswax is wax that is made by bees and used especially for making candles and furniture polish.
- benelux — The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- berklix — /berk'liks/ (From Berkeley Unix) Berkeley Software Distribution. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than among hackers, who usually just say "BSD".
- betaxed — burdened with taxes
- betwixt — betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved position: Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between.
- bexhill — a resort in S England, in East Sussex on the English Channel. Pop: 39 451 (2001)
- biaxial — (esp of a crystal) having two axes
- big-box — A big-box store or retailer is a very large store where a great variety of merchandise is sold.
- bolixed — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- boombox — a large portable radio and CD player
- bostryx — a type of cymose inflorescence normally affecting all flowers on one side of the rachis
- box bed — a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.
- box out — to block (an opponent) so as to prevent that player from getting a rebound
- box set — a collection of items of the same type, packaged together for sale in a presentation box
- box top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- box-top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- boxball — a street game played with a small ball
- boxcars — Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
- boxfish — trunkfish.
- boxhaul — to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
- boxhead — a heading, usually atthe top of a page, newspaper column, or column of figures, enclosed in a box formed by rules.
- boxlike — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- boxplot — a graphical representation of numerical data consisting of a rectangular box with lines extending from each end
- boxroom — a small room or large cupboard in which boxes, cases, etc, may be stored
- boxties — Irish potato cakes
- boxwood — Boxwood is a type of wood which is obtained from a box tree.
- brand x — (in advertising) a competing brand or product not referred to by name but implied to be of inferior quality.
- broadax — an ax with a broad blade, used as a weapon or for hewing timber
- bruxism — the habit of grinding the teeth, esp unconsciously
- bug fix — (programming) A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. Often a fix for one bug inadvertantly introduces new bugs, hence the need for careful forethought and testing. Compare: workaround.
- bureaux — Bureaux is a plural form of bureau.
- cachexy — (medicine, archaic) Cachexia.
- calyxes — Botany. the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.