14 Letter 4 Letter 4 Letter Boggle Words Ending With X

BOX (12) [noun] Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. | [noun] Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space | [verb] To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. | [noun] Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary. | [noun] A blow with the fist. | [noun] A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye. COX (12) [noun] A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. | [verb] To act as coxswain for. DEX (11) [noun] An order or factor of ten. | [noun] Dexterity. | [noun] Dextromethorphan. FAX (13) [noun] The hair of the head. | [noun] A fax machine or a document received and printed by one. | [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FIX (13) [noun] A repair or corrective action. | [noun] A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. | [noun] A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. FOX (13) [noun] A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. | [noun] Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox). | [noun] The fur of a fox. GOX (11) HEX (13) [noun] An evil spell or curse. | [noun] A witch. | [noun] A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft). | [noun] A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte. | [noun] A hexagonal space on a game board. KEX (14) LAX (10) [noun] A salmon. | [adjective] Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. | [adjective] Loose; not tight or taut. | [noun] Lacrosse. LEX (10) LOX (10) [noun] Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked. | [noun] Liquid oxygen. LUX (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx | [verb] To put out of joint; to luxate. MAX (12) [noun] An extreme, a great extent. | [noun] A kind of gin. | [verb] (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum. MIX (12) [verb] To stir together. | [verb] To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). | [verb] To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. | [noun] The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. NIX (10) [noun] Nothing. | [verb] To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. | [verb] To destroy or eradicate. | [noun] A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie. PAX (12) [noun] A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory. | [noun] Friendship; truce. | [noun] The kiss of peace. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers. PIX (12) [noun] Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture". | [noun] Specifically, motion pictures; movies. | [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. POX (12) [noun] A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. | [noun] Syphilis. | [noun] A curse. PYX (15) [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. | [noun] A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. | [noun] The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. RAX (10) REX (10) [noun] An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking. SAX (10) [noun] A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax. | [noun] A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length. | [verb] To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify. | [noun] A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. SEX (10) [noun] A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species. | [noun] Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles. | [noun] The members of such a category, taken collectively. | [noun] An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. SIX (10) [noun] The digit or figure 6. | [noun] (by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something). | [noun] An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team. SOX (10) [noun] A knitted or woven covering for the foot. | [noun] A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors. | [noun] A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. TAX (10) [noun] Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services. | [noun] A burdensome demand. | [noun] A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. | [verb] To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). TUX (10) [noun] A tuxedo. VEX (13) [noun] A trouble. | [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. VOX (13) [noun] The voice, especially one's singing voice. | [noun] A vox pop. WAX (13) [noun] Beeswax. | [noun] Earwax. | [noun] Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. | [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [noun] The process of growing. | [noun] An outburst of anger. ZAX (19) [noun] A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

APEX (13) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. CALX (13) [noun] The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). | [noun] In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot. COAX (13) [noun] A simpleton; a dupe. | [verb] To fondle, kid, pet, tease. | [verb] To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. | [noun] Short for coaxial cable. CRUX (13) [noun] The basic, central, or essential point or feature. | [noun] The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. | [noun] A puzzle or difficulty. DOUX (12) EAUX (11) FALX (14) FAUX (14) [adjective] Fake or artificial FLAX (14) [noun] A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds. | [noun] The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. | [noun] The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps. FLEX (14) [noun] Flexibility, pliancy. | [noun] The or an act of flexing. | [noun] Any flexible insulated electrical wiring. FLUX (14) [noun] The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. | [noun] A state of ongoing change. | [noun] A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. HOAX (14) [noun] Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. | [verb] To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. IBEX (13) [noun] A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex. ILEX (11) [noun] Holm oak (Quercus ilex). | [noun] Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex. JEUX (18) JINX (18) [noun] A hex; an evil spell. | [noun] A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. | [verb] To cast a spell on. LYNX (14) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. MINX (13) [noun] A mink. ONYX (14) [noun] A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. | [noun] A jet-black color, named after the gemstone. | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga. ORYX (14) [noun] Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns. PREX (13) [noun] (college slang) A president, especially of a university. | [noun] Prefix. ROUX (11) [noun] A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

ADDAX (14) [noun] A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus), with long horns, that lives in the desert. ADMIX (15) [noun] The act of admixing. | [noun] The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy. | [verb] To mingle with something else; to mix. AFFIX (18) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. ANNEX (12) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. | [verb] To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. BEAUX (14) [noun] A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop. | [noun] A male lover; a boyfriend. | [noun] A male escort. BEMIX (16) BORAX (14) [noun] A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. | [noun] The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate. | [noun] (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. CALIX (14) [noun] The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | [noun] Any of various cup-like structures. CALYX (17) [noun] The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | [noun] Any of various cup-like structures. CAREX (14) [noun] Any member of the genus Carex of sedges. CIMEX (16) [noun] A genus of parasitic insects that includes bedbugs, characterized by flat bodies and piercing mouthparts used to feed on blood. CODEX (15) [noun] An early manuscript book. | [noun] A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll. | [noun] An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients. COMIX (16) [noun] A plural form of "comic," referring to comic books or comic strips, often used as an alternative spelling emphasizing the artistic medium. CULEX (14) [noun] Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease. CYLIX (17) [noun] A shallow drinking cup with two handles used in ancient Greece, typically used for wine. DESEX (13) [verb] To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often physical sterilization. DETOX (13) [noun] Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs. | [noun] A detoxification unit. | [verb] To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs. DEWAX (16) [verb] To remove wax from a material or from a surface. GALAX (13) HAPAX (17) HELIX (15) [noun] A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. | [noun] A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital. | [noun] The incurved rim of the external ear. HYRAX (18) [noun] Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East. IMMIX (16) INDEX (13) [noun] An alphabetical listing of items and their location. | [noun] The index finger; the forefinger. | [noun] A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc. INFIX (15) [noun] A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English. | [noun] A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English. | [verb] To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. KYLIX (19) [noun] An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body LATEX (12) [noun] A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph) | [noun] The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber. | [noun] An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like. MIREX (14) [noun] The pesticide and fire retardant perchloropentacyclodecane, which is a persistent organic pollutant. MUREX (14) [noun] Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods. PHLOX (17) [noun] Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox. RADIX (13) [noun] A root. | [noun] A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. | [noun] The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal. REDOX (13) [noun] A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred. | [verb] To subject to a redox reaction. | [adjective] Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously. REDUX (13) [adjective] (of a topic) Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited. REFIX (15) [verb] To fix again. RELAX (12) [verb] To calm down. | [verb] To make something loose. | [verb] To become loose. REMEX (14) [noun] Quill | [noun] The flight feather of a bird. REMIX (14) [noun] A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes. | [noun] A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes | [verb] To mix again. RETAX (12) REWAX (15) SILEX (12) [noun] Flint. | [noun] A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc. TELEX (12) [noun] A communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters. | [noun] A message sent through such a network. | [noun] The machine used to send and receive such messages. UNBOX (14) [verb] To remove from a box. | [verb] To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed. UNFIX (15) UNMIX (14) UNSEX (12) [verb] To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics. | [verb] To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate. VARIX (15) [noun] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein | [noun] In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture. XEROX (19) [noun] A photocopy. | [noun] A photocopier. | [verb] To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.

ADIEUX (14) [noun] A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. AFFLUX (19) [noun] An upward rush of fluid. | [noun] The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction. AUSPEX (15) [noun] A Roman official who interpreted omens from the flight of birds and other signs to determine the will of the gods. | [noun] Any person who observes or interprets signs or omens. BANJAX (22) [noun] A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence. | [verb] (originally Ireland) To ruin or destroy. BIFLEX (18) BIJOUX (22) [noun] A jewel. | [noun] A piece of jewelry; a trinket. | [noun] A small intricate piece of metalwork. BOLLIX (15) [noun] Confusion | [noun] Mess | [noun] Fool, jerk BOLLOX (15) [verb] To ruin or mess something up. | [noun] Nonsense or rubbish. BOMBAX (19) [noun] A tropical tree of the mallow family, particularly the silk cotton tree, known for its large flowers and seed pods filled with silky fiber. BOMBYX (22) [noun] A genus of moths that includes the silkworm, producing silk fiber. CAUDEX (16) [noun] An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water. CERVIX (18) [noun] The neck | [noun] The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. | [noun] The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. CLIMAX (17) [noun] (originally rhetorical) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. | [noun] An instance of such an ascending series. | [noun] The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point. COCCYX (22) [noun] The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone. COMMIX (19) [verb] To mix separate things together. | [verb] To become mixed; to amalgamate. CONVEX (18) [noun] Any convex body or surface. | [adjective] Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle | [adjective] (of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. CORTEX (15) [noun] The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. | [noun] The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. COWPOX (20) [noun] A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox. DIPLEX (16) DUPLEX (16) [noun] A house made up of two dwelling units. | [noun] A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting. | [noun] A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. EARWAX (16) [noun] A waxy substance secreted by the ear. EFFLUX (19) [noun] The process of flowing out. | [noun] That which has flowed out. | [verb] To run out; to flow forth. FORNIX (16) [noun] An archlike structure or fold. | [noun] Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain. HALLUX (16) [noun] The big toe. HATBOX (18) [noun] A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat. HOTBOX (18) [noun] A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents. | [noun] An overheated shaft bearing. | [verb] To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby purportedly intensifying the drug's effects. ICEBOX (17) [noun] A box or compartment containing ice. | [noun] A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer. | [noun] A refrigerator. INFLUX (16) [noun] A flow inward or into something; a coming in. | [noun] That which flows or comes in. | [noun] Influence; power. LARYNX (16) [noun] An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. LUMMOX (17) [noun] A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler. MASTIX (15) MATRIX (15) [noun] The womb. | [noun] The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded. | [noun] An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants. MENINX (15) [noun] A membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates NONTAX (13) OUTBOX (15) [noun] A box holding papers to be transmitted to others, eg, by mail. | [noun] An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for electronic mail. | [verb] To box better than. OUTFOX (16) [verb] To beat in a competition of wits PAXWAX (25) PEGBOX (18) [noun] The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs. PHENIX (18) PICKAX (21) [noun] A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge. | [verb] To use a pickaxe. POLEAX (15) [noun] An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle. | [noun] A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike. | [verb] To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe. POLLEX (15) [noun] The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing. PREFIX (18) [noun] Something placed before another | [verb] To determine beforehand; to set in advance. | [verb] To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. PREMIX (17) [noun] A blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of further processing. | [noun] A manufactured beverage consisting of alcohol and soft drink, milk or other non-alcoholic drinks; an alcopop. | [verb] To blend in advance. PRETAX (15) [adjective] Before the payment of taxes. PROLIX (15) [adjective] Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details. | [adjective] Long; having great length. REFLEX (16) [noun] An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. | [noun] The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language. | [noun] The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth. REFLUX (16) [noun] The backwards flow of any fluid. | [noun] A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. | [noun] The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. SCOLEX (15) [noun] The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host. SILVEX (16) SKYBOX (22) [noun] A seating area for VIPs in a stadium. | [noun] A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield. SMILAX (15) [noun] Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers. SPADIX (16) [noun] A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids. | [noun] A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm. SPHINX (18) [noun] A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion). | [noun] A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person. | [noun] A mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, formerly classified a baboon, and called sphinx baboon. STORAX (13) [noun] Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs. | [noun] The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant. STYRAX (16) [noun] Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. SUBFIX (18) SUFFIX (19) [noun] (grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. | [noun] A subscript. | [noun] A final segment of a string of characters. SURTAX (13) [noun] An additional or extra tax. | [verb] To impose a surtax upon. SYNTAX (16) [noun] A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. | [noun] The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. | [noun] The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language. SYRINX (16) [noun] A set of panpipes. | [noun] A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs. | [noun] The voice organ in birds. TEABOX (15) THORAX (16) [noun] The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. | [noun] The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached. UNISEX (13) [adjective] Designed to be suitable for any sex or gender. | [adjective] Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender. VERNIX (16) [noun] Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies. VERTEX (16) [noun] The highest point of something. | [noun] The highest surface on the skull. | [noun] The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes. VOLVOX (19) [noun] Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes. VORTEX (16) [noun] A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. | [noun] Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. | [noun] Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.

ANTEFIX (17) [noun] An ornamental block or tile fixed to the eaves of a roof to conceal the ends of tiles or rafters. ANTHRAX (17) [noun] An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. | [noun] The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal. ANTISEX (14) ANTITAX (14) APTERYX (19) [noun] A flightless bird native to New Zealand, also known as a kiwi. ARUSPEX (16) [noun] A Roman priest who practiced divination by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals. | [noun] A soothsayer or diviner. BANDBOX (19) [noun] A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items. | [noun] A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs. BATEAUX (16) [noun] A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. BEESWAX (19) [noun] A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods. | [noun] (mildly) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax. | [verb] To polish with beeswax. BOOMBOX (20) [noun] A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound. BROADAX (17) [noun] A large ax with a broad blade, used for splitting wood or in logging. | [noun] A tool with a wide, flat blade used for hewing or shaping wood. BUREAUX (16) [noun] An administrative unit of government; office. | [noun] An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. | [noun] An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed). CARAPAX (18) [noun] The hard outer shell or case of a turtle, tortoise, or crustacean. | [noun] A covering or protection resembling a shell. CASHBOX (21) [noun] A box for holding cash. | [noun] A toll booth. CHAMOIX (21) COALBOX (18) [noun] A box or container used to store coal for heating purposes. COANNEX (16) COMPLEX (20) [noun] A network of interconnected systems. | [noun] A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. | [noun] An assemblage of related things; a collection. CONFLUX (19) [noun] A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge. | [noun] A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things. COTEAUX (16) [noun] Plural of coteau; a small hill or the side of a hill, particularly in French geographical terminology used in English contexts. EQUINOX (23) [noun] The intersection of the apparent path of the sun in the sky (the ecliptic) with the celestial equator. | [noun] One of the two days on which this intersection occurs each year: (for the Northern hemisphere) March 20 or 21 in the spring and September 22 or 23 in the autumn. FEEDBOX (20) [noun] A box containing animal feed. FIREBOX (19) [noun] The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned. | [noun] The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned. | [noun] A redheaded woman (by synecdoche, pars pro toto), or her red pubic hair. FLUMMOX (21) [verb] To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast. FOWLPOX (22) GATEAUX (15) [noun] A rich, usually iced, cake. | [noun] A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould. GEARBOX (17) [noun] An enclosed gear train. | [noun] That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. GRAVLAX (18) [noun] Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer. HELLBOX (19) HOMOSEX (19) JUKEBOX (27) [noun] A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections. | [noun] An automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc. | [noun] (by extension) A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection. LOCKBOX (22) [noun] A box with a built-in lock; a safe. MAILBOX (18) [noun] A box into which mail is put | [noun] A folder or account for the storage of e-mail; an electronic in-box or mailstore. MILIEUX (16) [noun] Medium. | [noun] Social setting or environment. MINIMAX (18) [noun] In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain. | [verb] To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss. NARTHEX (17) [noun] A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches. ORATRIX (14) OUTJINX (21) OVERLAX (17) OVERMIX (19) OVERTAX (17) [verb] To tax to an excessive degree | [verb] To overburden PACKWAX (25) PANCHAX (21) PARADOX (17) [noun] An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa. | [noun] A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome. | [noun] A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true. PEMPHIX (23) PERPLEX (18) [noun] A difficulty. | [verb] To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. | [verb] To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated. PHALANX (19) [noun] (plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. | [noun] (historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. | [noun] (plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose. PHARYNX (22) [noun] The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus. PHOENIX (19) [noun] A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes. | [noun] Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. | [noun] A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies. PILLBOX (18) [noun] A small box in which pills are kept. | [noun] A flat, concrete gun emplacement. | [noun] A doctor's carriage. POSTBOX (18) [noun] A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker). POSTFIX (19) [noun] Suffix. | [verb] To suffix. | [verb] To subject a sample to postfixation POSTTAX (16) PRINCOX (18) REAFFIX (20) REANNEX (14) RECTRIX (16) [noun] A governess; a rectoress. | [noun] A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control. REINDEX (15) RESEAUX (14) SALPINX (16) SALTBOX (16) [noun] A box for keeping salt in. | [noun] A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music. | [noun] A distinctively shaped wooden frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England SANDBOX (17) [noun] A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand. | [noun] A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. | [noun] A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. SIMPLEX (18) [noun] An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space. | [noun] A simple word, one without affixes. | [adjective] Single, simple; not complex. SOAPBOX (18) [noun] A crate for packing soap. | [noun] Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse. | [noun] A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion. SONOVOX (17) SPANDEX (17) [noun] A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity. | [noun] Clothing made from such material. TECTRIX (16) [noun] The covert of a bird's wing TOOLBOX (16) [noun] A storage case for tools. | [noun] A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs. | [noun] Dumbass or idiot. TORTRIX (14) [noun] A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae TRIPLEX (16) [noun] A building with three apartments or divisions | [noun] A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. | [noun] Triple time. TUBIFEX (19) [noun] Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids. WOADWAX (21) WOODBOX (20) WOODWAX (21) WORKBOX (23) [noun] A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task. | [noun] A set of skills and approaches.

AFTERTAX (18) [adjective] Relating to or calculated after taxes have been deducted. | [adverb] After the deduction of taxes. ANTHELIX (18) [noun] The inner curved ridge of the external ear, located above the lobe and parallel to the helix. APPENDIX (20) [noun] Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment. | [noun] A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information. | [noun] The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed. AVIATRIX (18) [noun] A female aviator. BANDEAUX (18) [noun] A band for the hair. | [noun] A band. | [noun] A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric. BATTEAUX (17) [noun] Plural of bateau, which is a flat-bottomed boat or a type of pontoon used for transport or construction. BICONVEX (22) [adjective] Having both sides convex. BORDEAUX (18) [noun] A wine coming from that area. | [noun] A Bordeaux mixture. BREADBOX (20) [noun] A container designed to store bread and keep it fresh. | [noun] A unit of measurement used humorously in the phrase "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" to describe something of moderate size. CHAPEAUX (22) [noun] A hat. | [noun] A cap of maintenance. | [noun] The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine. CHATEAUX (20) [noun] A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. | [noun] Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle. | [noun] An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux. CICATRIX (19) [noun] A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively). COUTEAUX (17) [noun] Plural of couteau, a large knife or cutlass used historically, particularly in French-speaking regions. CRUCIFIX (22) [noun] A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans. | [noun] An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church. | [noun] The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body. CURTALAX (17) ECONOBOX (19) [noun] A small, unassuming automobile. EPICALYX (22) FABLIAUX (20) [noun] A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. FOURPLEX (20) HARUSPEX (20) [noun] A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails. HERETRIX (18) HERITRIX (18) HOMEOBOX (22) [noun] A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms. HORSEPOX (20) INTERMIX (17) [noun] An intermixture; the product of mixing together | [verb] To mix together; to intermingle or blend. INTERREX (15) INTERSEX (15) JAMBEAUX (26) [noun] A piece of armour for the leg. MANTEAUX (17) MATCHBOX (24) [noun] A small cardboard box in which matches are kept. | [noun] Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible. MICROLUX (19) MILLILUX (17) MORCEAUX (19) [noun] A bit; a morsel. OCTUPLEX (19) ORTHODOX (19) [adjective] Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology. | [adjective] Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted. | [adjective] Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content. PARALLAX (17) [noun] An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position. | [noun] The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit. | [verb] To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations. PLATEAUX (17) [noun] A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. | [noun] A comparatively stable level in something that varies. | [noun] An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver. PONTIFEX (20) [noun] A pontiff, or high priest, in Ancient Rome. PRECIEUX (19) QUADPLEX (27) [noun] A building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises QUINCUNX (26) [noun] An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. | [noun] An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects. | [noun] A Galton board. RONDEAUX (16) [noun] A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas. | [noun] A monophonic song with a two-part refrain. ROULEAUX (15) [noun] A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll. | [noun] A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases. SARDONYX (19) [noun] A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony. | [noun] A tincture of sanguine colour when the blazoning is done by precious stones. SAUCEBOX (19) SMALLPOX (19) [noun] An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks. SNUFFBOX (23) [noun] A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco. SOUNDBOX (18) [noun] The open chamber (resonator) of a stringed musical instrument, which intensifies its tone. SPINIFEX (20) [noun] An Australian coastal grass, in genus Spinifex | [noun] A coastal grass, either in genera Trioidia or Spinifex. SUBINDEX (18) SUPERFIX (20) SUPERSEX (17) SUPERTAX (17) [noun] An additional tax on something that has already been taxed | [noun] A higher rate of an existing tax SWEATBOX (20) [noun] Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco | [noun] A jail cell. | [noun] A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture. SWINEPOX (20) TABLEAUX (17) [noun] A striking and vivid representation; a picture. | [noun] A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture. | [noun] Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs"). TOADFLAX (19) [noun] Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers. | [noun] Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae. TONNEAUX (15) TRANSFIX (18) [verb] To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe. | [verb] To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon. | [verb] To fix or impale. | [noun] A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages. TRUMEAUX (17) [noun] The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church. | [noun] A trumeau mirror. UNDERTAX (16) VIDEOTEX (19) [noun] Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.

ABOIDEAUX (19) ABOITEAUX (18) DIRECTRIX (19) [noun] A female who directs; a directress. | [noun] A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus. DISCLIMAX (21) EXECUTRIX (25) [noun] A female executor. FLAMBEAUX (23) [noun] A burning torch, especially one carried in procession. HETERODOX (20) [adjective] Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical. MEDIATRIX (19) MULTIPLEX (20) [noun] A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times. | [noun] (by extension) A large cinema complex comprising many (typically more than five, and often over ten) movie theatres or houses. | [noun] Throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time. NEOCORTEX (18) [noun] The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex. PEPPERBOX (24) [noun] A peppershaker. | [noun] A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis. | [noun] A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives. PRIEDIEUX (19) PROTHORAX (21) [noun] The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs RETROFLEX (19) [noun] A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate. | [noun] A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | [noun] A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. SHADOWBOX (25) [noun] A diorama | [verb] To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror. STRONGBOX (19) [noun] A sturdy box with a lock for storing valuables. SUBCLIMAX (22) TESTATRIX (16) [noun] A female testator. TINDERBOX (19) [noun] A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire. | [noun] (by extension) a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire. | [noun] (by extension) a potentially dangerous situation.

ANTICLIMAX (21) [noun] A failed or reverse climax, particularly: BORDEREAUX (20) [noun] A detailed list or statement of particulars, especially an itemized account of documents, goods, or financial transactions. CHATTERBOX (24) [noun] An artificial intelligence program intended to simulate interactive conversation with another person | [noun] One who chats or talks to excess. | [noun] A cootie catcher (children's fortune-telling device). CIRCUMFLEX (26) [noun] A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant. | [verb] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. | [adjective] Having a circumflex mark. COADJUTRIX (27) [noun] A female coadjutor; a woman who acts as an assistant or joint helper, especially in a religious or official capacity. DOMINATRIX (20) [noun] A dominating woman; a female dominator. | [noun] A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices. GENERATRIX (18) [noun] A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure GOOGOLPLEX (21) [numeral] The number 10^{10^{100}} or 10^\text{googol}, ten to the power of a googol. | [numeral] An unimaginably large number. | [numeral] An infinitesimally small portion of land, defined for legal purposes. INHERITRIX (20) MESOTHORAX (22) [noun] The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present. METATHORAX (22) [noun] The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present. NONCOMPLEX (23) [adjective] Not complex. OROPHARYNX (25) [noun] The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. SUPERHELIX (22) [noun] The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix TROUSSEAUX (17) [noun] The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects for her wedding and married life. | [noun] A bundle. UNORTHODOX (21) [adjective] Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic

HYDROTHORAX (28) [noun] The presence of fluid in the pleural cavity. HYPOPHARYNX (34) NASOPHARYNX (26) [noun] The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate. NEOORTHODOX (22) NONORTHODOX (22) OVERCOMPLEX (27)

HETERODUPLEX (25) [noun] A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule | [verb] To form such a compound by genetic recombination HYPERCOMPLEX (33) PNEUMOTHORAX (26) [noun] Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall. PORTMANTEAUX (23) [noun] A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections. | [noun] A schoolbag. | [noun] A hook on which to hang clothing.

ARCHAEOPTERYX (30) [noun] A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds. CEPHALOTHORAX (30) [noun] The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans ULTRAORTHODOX (24)

ADMINISTRATRIX (24) [noun] A female administrator.