8-letter words that end in x
- double x — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- drop box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- drop-box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- econobox — a small vehicle that is basic and fuel-efficient and has no unnecessary extras
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- fabliaux — Plural form of fabliau.
- fair sex — women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex.
- flat tax — set rate of tax
- fort dix — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central New Jersey, NNE of Mount Holly.
- fourplex — quadplex.
- francaix — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1912–1997, French composer.
- freerexx — REXX interpreters for Unix in C++.
- fuse box — with circuit breakers
- genetrix — a female progenitor
- geulincx — Arnold, 1624?–69, Belgian philosopher.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
- gift tax — a tax imposed on the transfer of money or property from one living person to another by gift, payable by the donor.
- gill box — a machine having a number of gills, used in combing.
- glovebox — The small storage compartment on the passenger's side of an automobile.
- gore-tex — a type of synthetic fabric which is waterproof yet allows the wearer's skin to breathe; used for sportswear
- gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
- grey fox — a greyish American fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, inhabiting arid and woody regions from S North America to N South America
- hanotaux — (Albert Auguste) Gabriel [al-ber oh-gyst ga-bree-el] /alˈbɛr oʊˈgüst ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1853–1944, French statesman and historian.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- have sex — have intercourse
- head tax — a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.
- heretrix — a female inheritor, heiress
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- horsepox — a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
- hunt box — a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- in a fix — to repair; mend.
- informix — A relational DBMS vendor.
- intermix — Mix together.
- interrex — a person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum.
- intersex — an individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female.
- intertex — (obsolete) To intertwine; to weave or bind together.
- iron box — [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough to be traced. May include a modified shell restricting the cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and "bait" files designed to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door, firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford Stoll's account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and used one. Compare padded cell.
- jambeaux — Plural form of jambeau.
- janitrix — A female janitor.
- john xix — died 1032, pope 1024–32.
- jury box — courtroom: area where jury sits
- land tax — law: includes all land sb owns
- loosebox — Alternative spelling of loose box.
- louis ix — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- mac iicx — Macintosh IIcx