11-letter words that end in x
- jewelry box — case for valuable accessories
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- knee reflex — an outward reflex kick of the lower leg caused by a sharp tap on the quadriceps tendon just below the patella
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lockout box — Television. lockbox (def 3).
- merveilleux — (historical) Contemporary names for the extravagantly dressed French fops and \u2018fine ladies\u2019 of the period of the Directory, who affected a revival of the classical costume of ancient Greece.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- musical box — music box.
- nasal index — Craniometry. (of the skull) the ratio of the distance from nasion to the lower margin of the nasal aperture to that of the maximum breadth of the nasal aperture.
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- negotiatrix — (obsolete) A female negotiator.
- neoorthodox — adhering to the principles of neoorthodoxy.
- nonorthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- nyu omnifax — Early system on UNIVAC I or II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- overcomplex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- pas de deux — a dance by two persons.
- payroll tax — a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- price index — an index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100.
- profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
- prolocutrix — a female prolocutor
- proprietrix — proprietress.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- rouge croix — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- running fix — a fix made from a moving vessel or aircraft from observations made at different times, the course and distance run between the observations being considered.
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- selkirk rex — a breed of large curly-haired cat
- set-top box — television signal converter
- seventy-six — a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
- share index — A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies.
- skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
- squeeze-box — a concertina or accordion.
- stealth tax — Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes.
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
- thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
- uunet pipex — (company) An Internet provider, part of the Unipalm Group. PIPEX launched their Internet service in March 1992, and by November 1993 provided Internet service to 150 customer sites in the UK. Each site is either a complete commercial company or a branch of one, or a public-sector organisation. They provide a commercial internetworking service, with 24-hour support, and a resilient backbone with multiple international links. PIPEX provides for individual users through their "PIPEX Dial" service, and has a number of re-sellers connected to its backbone, including CityScape, Direct Connection and the IBM PC User Group, who also offer such services. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address (Head office): Cambridge ? Address: King St. London EC2V(?)
- west sussex — a county in SE England. 778 sq. mi. (2015 sq. km).
- witness box — witness stand.