3-letter words containing x
- lex — law1 .
- lox — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
- lux — a unit of illumination, equivalent to 0.0929 foot-candle and equal to the illumination produced by luminous flux of one lumen falling perpendicularly on a surface one meter square. Symbol: lx.
- lxx — Septuagint
- max — Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
- mex — Mexico (international car registration)
- mix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- mmx — Matrix Math eXtensions
- mox — a type of fuel used in nuclear reactors, made from reprocessed plutonium mixed with natural or depleted uranium.
- mpx — Multiplexor Channel
- msx — Microsoft Extended
- mux — multiplexing
- mxi — Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus
- nex — (archaic) alternative spelling of next.
- nix — nothing.
- nlx — (hardware, standard) A low-profile, low TCO motherboard design created jointly by Intel Corp., IBM, DEC and other PC vendors. In contrast to the traditional single-board design, NLX uses a riser card to carry PCI, ISA and AGP bus data (despite Intel's stated intent to rid PC motherboards of the ISA bus by 2000). Version 1.2 of NLX is the final specification, and was frozen in March 1997. Minor modifications appear in the form of "Engineering Change Requests".
- nox — the Roman goddess of the night
- nxt — (Internet slang, text messaging) next.
- nyx — an ancient Greek goddess personifying night.
- ocx — OLE custom controls
- onx — A graphics package from LAL Orsay.
- ox- — oxy-1
- oxf — Oxford
- oxo — extract of beef in the shape of small cubes which are mixed with boiling water and used for flavouring, as stock, a drink, etc
- pax — the Roman goddess of peace.
- pbx — Private Branch Exchange
- pcx — (filename extension) A filename extension for images created with the IBM PC Paintbrush tool.
- pex — (PHIGS Extension to X) Extension to the X Window System providing 3d graphics support.
- pix — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pox — a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- pxt — he (or she) painted it
- pyx — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- qnx — (operating system) A realtime, network distributed, POSIX-certified, microkernel, multi-user, multitasking, ROMable, fault-tolerant, embeddable operating system that supports TCP/IP, NFS, FTP, the X Window System, Microsoft Windows as a guest process, Ethernet, Token Ring, Arcnet and Watcom ANSI C/C++. Support for Pentium, 486, 386, 286, 80x87. Developed and distributed by QNX Software Systems, Ltd. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- qux — (computing) Alternative form of quux.
- rax — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- rdx — Research Department Explosive; another name for cyclonite
- rex — king.
- sax — a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
- sex — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- sfx — Sfx is an abbreviation for special effects.
- six — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sox — a hard blow.
- spx — 1. (networking) Sequenced Packet Exchange. 2. (application) A graphics program for the Atari microcomputer. 3. Simplex.
- stx — Start Of Text
- tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
- tex — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- thx — thanks
- tix — tickets
- tnx — (chat) Thanks. Also "TNX 1.0E6" or "TNXE6" - thanks a million.
- tpx — Terminal Productivity eXecutive