Words ending
in X.

A tool with a heavy blade on a handle, used for chopping wood; also spelled axe.

Origin: Old English æx

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A container, usually with straight sides and often a lid.

Origin: Old English, from Late Latin buxis

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A copy of a document sent over a telephone line; also, to send one.

Origin: A shortening and alteration of facsimile

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To repair or mend; also, to fasten something firmly in place.

Origin: Latin fixus (fastened)

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A wild animal of the dog family with a pointed nose and a bushy tail.

Origin: Old English fox

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An evil spell; also, to put a spell on someone.

Origin: Pennsylvania German hexe, from German Hexe (witch)

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Salmon cured in brine and sometimes smoked.

Origin: Yiddish laks (salmon)

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To combine or blend things together.

Origin: A back-formation from mixed, from Latin mixtus

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A large cow-like animal, especially one used for pulling loads (plural oxen).

Origin: Old English oxa

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An informal word for a saxophone.

Origin: Short for saxophone

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The number that is one more than five (6).

Origin: Old English siex

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Money that people and businesses must pay to a government.

Origin: Anglo-French taxer, from Latin taxare (to assess)

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An informal word for a tuxedo.

Origin: Short for tuxedo

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To annoy, worry or trouble someone.

Origin: Latin vexare (to agitate, trouble)

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A substance made by bees to build honeycomb; also, similar substances used for candles and polish.

Origin: Old English weax

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The highest point or tip of something.

Origin: Latin apex

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To persuade someone gently, often by being kind or flattering.

Origin: From earlier cokes (a fool)

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The central or most important point of a problem or argument.

Origin: Latin crux (cross)

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Imitation or fake, made to look like something else (as in faux fur).

Origin: French faux (false)

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A plant with blue flowers, grown for its fibre (used to make linen) and its seeds.

Origin: Old English fleax

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To bend something, such as an arm, or to tighten a muscle.

Origin: Latin flexus, from flectere (to bend)

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Continual change; also, a flowing.

Origin: Latin fluxus (a flow), via Anglo-French and Medieval Latin

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A trick that makes people believe something false.

Origin: Probably a contraction of hocus (as in hocus-pocus)

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A wild mountain goat with large curved horns.

Origin: Latin ibex

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Someone or something thought to bring bad luck; also, to bring bad luck to.

Origin: Perhaps from jynx, a bird once used in witchcraft

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A wildcat with long legs, a short tail and tufted ears.

Origin: Greek lynx, via Latin

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A stone with straight layers of different colours, used in jewellery.

Origin: Greek onyx (claw, fingernail), via Latin and Anglo-French

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A large African or Arabian antelope with long, straight horns.

Origin: Greek oryx, via Latin

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To attach or fasten something; also, a prefix or suffix added to a word.

Origin: Latin affixus, from affigere (to fasten to)

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To add a territory or thing to something larger; also, a building added to a main building.

Origin: Anglo-French annexer, from Latin annexus (joined)

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A white mineral used in cleaning products and for making glass.

Origin: Arabic būraq, from Persian, via Medieval Latin and Anglo-French

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An ancient handwritten book, especially of Scripture or classical texts.

Origin: Latin codex

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A spiral shape, like a coiled spring or a corkscrew.

Origin: Greek helix, via Latin

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An alphabetical list of topics at the back of a book, showing where to find them.

Origin: Latin index (pointer), from indicare (to point out)

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A milky fluid from certain plants, such as the rubber tree; also, a rubber or plastic made like it.

Origin: Latin latex (fluid)

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A garden plant with clusters of pink, purple or white flowers.

Origin: New Latin Phlox, from Greek phlox (flame)

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To rest and become less tense; also, to make a rule less strict.

Origin: Latin relaxare (to loosen)

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A new version of a recording made by rearranging or adding to the original; also, to mix again.

Origin: re- + mix

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The most exciting or important point of a story or event.

Origin: Greek klimax (ladder), via Late Latin

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Curved outward, like the outside of a ball.

Origin: Latin convexus (vaulted, arched)

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The outer layer of an organ, especially of the brain.

Origin: Latin cortex (bark)

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A house divided into two homes; also, having two parts.

Origin: Latin duplex (twofold), from duo (two)

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The yellow waxy substance made inside the ear.

Origin: ear + wax

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An older word for a refrigerator.

Origin: ice + box

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The voice box, the part of the throat that holds the vocal cords.

Origin: Greek larynx, via New Latin

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Something in which something else develops or takes shape; also, a rectangular grid of numbers in mathematics.

Origin: Latin matrix, from mater (mother)

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To outsmart someone.

Origin: out- + fox

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Letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, such as un- in undo.

Origin: Latin praefixus (fastened in front)

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An automatic reaction of the body, such as blinking.

Origin: Latin reflexus (bent back), from reflectere

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A creature with a lion's body and a human head, found in Egyptian art and Greek myth.

Origin: Greek Sphinx, via Latin

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Letters added to the end of a word to make a new word, such as -tion in action.

Origin: New Latin suffixum, from Latin suffigere (to fasten underneath)

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The way words are put together to form phrases and sentences.

Origin: Greek syntaxis (arrangement), via Late Latin and Middle French

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The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; in insects, the middle section.

Origin: Greek thōrax (breastplate), via Latin

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Designed for or suitable for both males and females.

Origin: uni- + sex

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The highest point of something; in geometry, a corner point where lines meet.

Origin: Latin vertex (top of the head, whirlpool)

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A whirling mass of water or air, like a whirlpool.

Origin: Latin vortex (whirlpool), a form of vertex

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Extra information at the end of a book; also, a small tube attached to the large intestine.

Origin: Latin appendix (something attached)

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A primitive bird of the Jurassic period, with teeth and a long bony tail.

Origin: New Latin, from archaeo- (ancient) + Greek pteryx (wing)

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The wax that honeybees make to build honeycomb.

Origin: bees + wax

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A person who talks all the time.

Origin: chatter + box

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A contagious illness, especially of children, that causes a fever and itchy spots; also spelled chicken pox.

Origin: chicken + pox

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The accent mark ˆ placed over a letter, as in the French word fête.

Origin: Latin circumflexus (bent around)

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Made of many connected parts; also, a group of buildings used for one purpose.

Origin: Latin complexus (embrace, grasp)

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Either of the two times each year, around 20 March and 22 September, when day and night are about the same length.

Origin: Medieval Latin equinoxium, from Latin aequus (equal) + nox (night)

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To confuse or puzzle someone completely.

Origin: Origin unknown

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The set of gears in a vehicle that sends power from the engine to the wheels (a transmission).

Origin: gear + box

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A coin-operated machine that plays music chosen from a list.

Origin: juke, a Southern US dialect word, + box

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A box where letters are delivered or posted; also, the place where a person's email is stored.

Origin: mail + box

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A small box for matches.

Origin: match + box

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A cinema with several screens; also, having many parts.

Origin: Latin multiplex (manifold)

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Following established or traditional beliefs, especially in religion.

Origin: Greek orthodoxos (having the right opinion), via Late Latin and Middle French

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A statement that seems to contradict itself but may still be true.

Origin: Greek paradoxon (contrary to expectation), via Latin

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The way an object seems to shift position when you look at it from two different places.

Origin: Greek parallaxis (change), via Middle French

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To puzzle or confuse someone.

Origin: Latin perplexus (tangled)

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A legendary bird that burns itself to ashes and rises again from them.

Origin: Greek phoinix, via Latin and Old English

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A box of sand for children to play in; also, a safe space for trying things out.

Origin: sand + box

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A makeshift platform for making a speech; also, a chance to share strong opinions.

Origin: soap + box

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A stretchy synthetic fabric used in sportswear.

Origin: An anagram of expands

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A box for keeping tools in.

Origin: tool + box

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A plural of bureau, a desk or an office (bureaus is also used).

Origin: French; -eaux is the French plural of -eau

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A plural of chateau, a French castle or large country house (chateaus is also used).

Origin: French; -eaux is the French plural of -eau

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A plural of gateau, a rich, fancy cake.

Origin: French; -eaux is the French plural of -eau

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A plural of plateau, a large area of high, flat land (plateaus is also used).

Origin: French; -eaux is the French plural of -eau

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A plural of tableau, a striking scene or picture, often posed by people standing still on a stage.

Origin: French; -eaux is the French plural of -eau

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A short form of names such as Alexander and Alexandra.

Origin: Personal name

Source: Proper noun, not checked

A personal name, from Latin (lucky).

Origin: Personal name

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A county in the east of England.

Origin: Place name

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A medical prescription.

Origin: Abbreviation

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