Words ending with ax
2 letter words ending with ax
- ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- curtal ax — a cutlass
- double ax — an ax with a double-edged blade, frequently depicted in prehistoric decorative designs of the eastern Mediterranean region, especially in Minoan religious sites.
- get the ax — to be executed by beheading
- hand ax — Also, hand axe. a usually large, general-purpose bifacial Paleolithic stone tool, often oval or pear-shaped in form and characteristic of certain Lower Paleolithic industries.
3 letter words ending with ax
- bax — Sir Arnold (Edward Trevor). 1883–1953, English composer of romantic works, often based on Celtic legends, including the tone poem Tintagel (1917)
- cax — (sciences) central axis.
- dax — an index of share prices based on an average of 30 leading stocks quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- eax — Environmental Audio eXtensions
- fax — facsimile
4 letter words ending with ax
- ajax — the son of Telamon; a Greek hero of the Trojan War who killed himself in vexation when Achilles' armour was given to Odysseus
- anax — one of the Gigantes and father of Asterius.
- coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- 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.
- hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
5 letter words ending with ax
- addax — a large light-coloured antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, having ribbed loosely spiralled horns and inhabiting desert regions in N Africa: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla
- audax — (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- dewax — to remove wax from
- donax — (botany) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing rods, etc.
6 letter words ending with ax
- banjax — to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence
- bombax — a genus of trees (family Malvaceae), the most well-known species of which is the cotton tree
- carfax — a place where principal roads or streets intersect, esp a place in a town where four roads meet
- ceefax — the BBC teletext service, switched off in October 2012
- climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
7 letter words ending with ax
- anthrax — Anthrax is a disease of cattle and sheep, in which they get painful sores and a fever. Anthrax can be used in biological weapons.
- antitax — opposed to taxation
- antivax — of, relating to, or noting people, especially parents of young children, who distrust or are against vaccination: the antivax movement.
- beeswax — Beeswax is wax that is made by bees and used especially for making candles and furniture polish.
- broadax — an ax with a broad blade, used as a weapon or for hewing timber
8 letter words ending with ax
- aftertax — remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted: a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.
- astyanax — the young son of Hector and Andromache, who was hurled from the walls of Troy by the Greeks
- battleax — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- curtalax — cutlass.
- opopanax — (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
9 letter words ending with ax
- after-tax — denoting earnings, profit, or income left when tax has been paid
- battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
10 letter words ending with ax
- anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metasyntax — (grammar) Syntax used to describe syntax. The best known example is BNF and its variants such as EBNF. A metasyntactic variable is a variable used in metasyntax.
11 letter words ending with ax
- electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
- haemothorax — Alternative form of hemothorax.
- hydrothorax — the presence of serous fluid in one or both pleural cavities.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
12 letter words ending with ax
- chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
13 letter words ending with ax
- cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
16 letter words ending with ax
- hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
On this page, we collect all words that ending in AX. To make easier to find the right word we have divided all 259 words to groups according to their length. So you should go to appropriate page if can’t find the word that ends in AX that you are searching. Also you can use this page in Scrabble.