7-letter words that end in x
- rama ix — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
- reaffix — to affix (something) again
- reannex — to annex (something) again
- rectrix — one of the tail feathers of a bird controlling direction during flight.
- red box — (in Britain) a box, typically covered in red leather, used to transport the official documents of a government minister
- red fox — a fox, Vulpes vulpes, usually having orangish-red to reddish-brown fur.
- reindex — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- rolodex — a small file for holding names, addresses, and telephone numbers, consisting of cards attached horizontally to a rotatable central cylinder
- roubaix — a city in N France, NE of Lille.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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).
- statmux — statistical time division multiplexing
- supplex — a type of synthetic fabric which is breathable, stretchable, and fast-drying, used esp for sportswear
- sysplex — (operating system) An IBM term for communicating MVS systems. See also "Parallel Sysplex".
- tectrix — covert (def 8).
- teletex — an international means of communicating text between a variety of terminals
- tex-mex — of or relating to aspects of culture that combine Mexican and Texan or southwestern U.S. features, especially aspects of culture developed in southern Texas based on or influenced by Mexican elements: Tex-Mex cooking; Tex-Mex music.
- the box — television
- theroux — Paul (Edward). born 1941, US novelist and travel writer. His novels include Picture Palace (1978), The Mosquito Coast (1981), and My Other Life (1996); travel writings include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
- tipp-ex — a liquid, usually white, used to cover mistakes in writing or typing, which dries to form a new surface that can be written or typed on
- toe box — a piece of stiffened material, as leather, placed between the lining and the toecap of a shoe.
- toolbox — a box or case in which tools are kept.
- tortrix — a moth which has a small, thick body and which belongs to the Tortridicae family
- treewax — a wax secreted by a tree
- triplex — threefold; triple.
- tubifex — any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish.
- tuckbox — a box used for carrying and storing food, esp one taken to boarding school
- use tax — a state tax imposed on goods purchased outside a state for which state sales tax has not been paid.
- victrix — victress.
- werefox — (mythology) A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.
- woodbox — A box used for the storage of wood, particularly firewood.
- workbox — a box to hold instruments and materials for work, especially needlework.