10-letter words that end in x
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- henry knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
- imperatrix — Feminine of imperator; empress.
- income tax — a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.
- inheritrix — a woman who inherits; heiress.
- innocent x — (Giambattista Pamfili) 1574–1655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1644–55.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- jedding ax — a stonemason's ax, similar to a kevel, having a head with one flat and one pointed face.
- jockey box — a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- leathersex — The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
- letter box — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- litter box — a sanitary indoor box for pets (esp cats) to dispose urine and faeces
- little fox — the constellation Vulpecula.
- luxury tax — a tax on certain goods or services not considered essential and usually relatively high in price.
- 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.
- metathorax — the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
- moderatrix — a moderator who is a woman
- montan wax — hard wax obtained from lignite and peat
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- ninety-six — a cardinal number, 90 plus 6.
- noncomplex — not complex or complicated; simple
- orange box — a container made from strips of wood, traditionally used for transporting fruit
- orgone box — a cabinetlike device constructed of layers of wood and other materials, as tin, claimed by its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, to restore orgone energy to persons sitting in it, thereby aiding in the cure of impotence, cancer, the common cold, etc.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- over-index — (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.
- paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
- pastry mix — a product that can be mixed with water to make pastry
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pepper-box — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
- pigeon pox — a disease affecting pigeons, similar to fowl pox.
- pillar box — a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.
- prattlebox — a person who prattles, a chatterbox
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- prompt box — a booth where someone sits to remind (an actor, singer, etc) of lines forgotten during a performance
- puzzle box — an enclosure, used in experiments in animal learning, from which an animal must escape or in which it must manipulate various devices.
- quadratrix — a curve by which a curved figure, such as a circle, may be squared
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadruplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
- rock hyrax — an African and Middle Eastern hyrax of the genus Procavia that lives in rocky places.
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- send a fax — If you send a fax, you send a copy of a document from one fax machine to another.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- separatrix — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- shadow box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
- shadow-box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
- signal box — a railway signal tower.