8-letter words that end in x
- mac os x — (operating system) /mak oss ten/ Version 10 of the Macintosh Operating System, based on FreeBSD unlike prevoius versions. Apple released the kernel of Mac OS X Server as "darwin", under an open source license. Mac OS X incldues a code framework called the "Core Foundation" and an "Application Kit" framework for GUI and widgets strongly derived from NEXTSTEP.
- macminix — (operating system) The Macintosh version of MINIX.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- megaplex — a large building containing many movie theaters, usually more than a dozen.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- millilux — a unit of illumination, equal to one thousandth of a lux. Abbreviation: mlx.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
- monitrix — (archaic) A female monitor; a monitress.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- nest box — a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- opopanax — (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- phorminx — an ancient Greek stringed musical instrument of the lyre family
- planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
- poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- poor box — a box, especially in a church, into which contributions for the poor can be dropped.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- pump box — a chamber of a pump in which a piston operates.
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quincunx — an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- road tax — In Britain, road tax is a tax paid every year by the owners of every motor vehicle which is being used on the roads.
- rose box — a perforated metal box used as a strainer; strum.
- rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- safe sex — sexual activities in which precautions have been taken, as by the use of a condom, to minimize the chances of spreading or contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
- salt tax — any of various taxes imposed on salt, such as the French gabelle (abolished 1790) or that in India (abolished 1946)
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- same-sex — of or relating to two or more persons of the same gender: same-sex friendships.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- seed box — a box for storing seeds until they are ready for planting
- shoe box — cardboard box in which shoes are sold
- smallpox — an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
- smokebox — a chamber in a steam engine or boiler where smoke is collected
- snuffbox — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- soap-box — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.