Words Containing XY
Explore a range of words that include the letter XY, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring XY.
3 letter words
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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oxy | 13 | - | - |
4 letter words
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sexy | 14 | stimulating sexual desire | - |
foxy | 17 | marked by skill in deception | a foxy scheme |
poxy | 16 | - | - |
waxy | 17 | easily impressed or influenced | a waxy mind |
doxy | 15 | a woman who cohabits with an important man | - |
pixy | 16 | creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas | - |
boxy | 16 | resembling a box in rectangularity | - |
xyst | 14 | - | - |
dexy | 15 | - | - |
dixy | 15 | - | - |
coxy | 16 | - | - |
mixy | 16 | - | - |
nixy | 14 | - | - |
jaxy | 21 | - | - |
5 letter words
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proxy | 17 | a person authorized to act for another | - |
epoxy | 17 | a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates | - |
xylyl | 18 | - | - |
xylol | 15 | a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent | - |
xylic | 17 | - | - |
xylem | 17 | the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels | - |
xylan | 15 | - | - |
xysti | 15 | - | - |
xysts | 15 | - | - |
prexy | 17 | the head administrative officer of a college or university | - |
ataxy | 15 | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait | - |
braxy | 17 | - | - |
druxy | 16 | - | - |
deoxy | 16 | - | - |
hexyl | 18 | - | - |
flaxy | 18 | - | - |
6 letter words
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oxygen | 17 | a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust | - |
galaxy | 17 | tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | - |
unsexy | 16 | not sexually aroused or arousing | - |
alkoxy | 20 | - | - |
eutaxy | 16 | - | - |
ethoxy | 19 | - | - |
desoxy | 17 | - | - |
hexyls | 19 | - | - |
xyloma | 18 | - | - |
xylols | 16 | - | - |
xyloid | 17 | - | - |
xylene | 16 | a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent | - |
xylems | 18 | - | - |
xylans | 16 | - | - |
xylose | 16 | a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | - |
xylyls | 19 | - | - |
xystus | 16 | - | - |
xystos | 16 | - | - |
xystoi | 16 | - | - |
xyster | 16 | - | - |
peroxy | 18 | - | - |
oxymel | 18 | - | - |
7 letter words
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hydroxy | 24 | being or containing a hydroxyl group | - |
ethoxyl | 20 | - | - |
epoxyed | 20 | - | - |
epitaxy | 19 | growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate | - |
pixyish | 22 | - | - |
phenoxy | 22 | - | - |
oxytone | 17 | word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable | - |
oxysome | 19 | - | - |
oxysalt | 17 | - | - |
oxyphil | 22 | - | - |
oxyntic | 19 | - | - |
oxymora | 19 | - | - |
oxymels | 19 | - | - |
oxygens | 18 | - | - |
oxyacid | 20 | any acid that contains oxygen | - |
methoxy | 22 | - | - |
loxygen | 18 | - | - |
indoxyl | 18 | - | - |
hexylic | 22 | - | - |
anorexy | 17 | - | - |
cachexy | 24 | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | - |
ataraxy | 17 | - | - |
asphyxy | 25 | - | - |
zootaxy | 26 | - | - |
xylenes | 17 | - | - |
xylenol | 17 | - | - |
xylidin | 18 | - | - |
xysters | 17 | - | - |
xyloses | 17 | - | - |
xylonic | 19 | - | - |
xylomas | 19 | - | - |
xylogen | 18 | - | - |
xylitol | 17 | - | - |
taxying | 18 | - | - |
8 letter words
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oxymoron | 20 | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') | - |
apoplexy | 22 | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | - |
oxytocin | 20 | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk | - |
paroxysm | 22 | a sudden uncontrollable attack | a paroxysm of giggling |
oxytrope | 20 | - | - |
oxytonic | 20 | - | - |
oxyanion | 18 | - | - |
xystuses | 18 | - | - |
carboxyl | 22 | the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids | - |
chronaxy | 23 | - | - |
nitroxyl | 18 | - | - |
methoxyl | 23 | - | - |
loxygens | 19 | - | - |
indoxyls | 19 | - | - |
hydroxyl | 25 | the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols | - |
hexylene | 21 | - | - |
epoxying | 21 | - | - |
ethoxyls | 21 | - | - |
acetoxyl | 20 | - | - |
cacodoxy | 23 | - | - |
oxytones | 18 | - | - |
oxytocic | 22 | a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus | - |
oxysomes | 20 | - | - |
oxysalts | 18 | - | - |
oxyphils | 23 | - | - |
oxyphile | 23 | - | - |
oxygenic | 21 | - | - |
oxyacids | 21 | - | - |
pyroxyle | 23 | - | - |
paradoxy | 21 | - | - |
xylotomy | 23 | - | - |
xylonite | 18 | - | - |
xylomata | 20 | - | - |
xylology | 22 | - | - |
xyloidin | 19 | - | - |
xylogens | 19 | - | - |
xylocarp | 22 | - | - |
xylitols | 18 | - | - |
xylidins | 19 | - | - |
xylidine | 19 | - | - |
xylenols | 18 | - | - |
9 letter words
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orthodoxy | 23 | a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards | - |
xylophone | 24 | a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets | - |
cataplexy | 23 | - | - |
oxygenate | 20 | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | oxygenate blood |
oxytropes | 21 | - | - |
oxyanions | 19 | - | - |
methoxyls | 24 | - | - |
acetoxyls | 21 | - | - |
anthotaxy | 22 | - | - |
carboxyls | 23 | - | - |
hexylenes | 22 | - | - |
mastopexy | 23 | plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts | - |
hydroxyls | 26 | - | - |
phototaxy | 24 | - | - |
pyroxylin | 24 | highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers | - |
pyroxylic | 26 | - | - |
pyroxyles | 24 | - | - |
pleiotaxy | 21 | - | - |
trioxygen | 20 | - | - |
zanthoxyl | 31 | - | - |
xanthoxyl | 29 | - | - |
xylidines | 20 | - | - |
xylorimba | 23 | - | - |
xylophage | 25 | - | - |
xylonites | 19 | - | - |
xylometer | 21 | - | - |
xyloidins | 20 | - | - |
xyloidine | 20 | - | - |
xylograph | 25 | - | - |
xylocarps | 23 | - | - |
metaxylem | 23 | - | - |
paroxysms | 23 | - | - |
oxyphiles | 24 | - | - |
oxymorons | 21 | - | - |
oxygenous | 20 | - | - |
oxygenize | 29 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | - |
oxygenise | 20 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | - |
oxygenase | 20 | an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen | - |
oxycodone | 22 | - | - |
oxyphilic | 26 | - | - |
oxytocins | 21 | - | - |
oxytocics | 23 | - | - |
nitroxyls | 19 | - | - |
monoxylon | 21 | - | - |
10 letter words
View allWord | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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oxygenated | 22 | - | - |
oxyuriasis | 20 | - | - |
oxyuriases | 20 | - | - |
oxymoronic | 24 | - | - |
oxygenless | 21 | - | - |
oxycodones | 23 | - | - |
oxycephaly | 30 | a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | - |
oxygenases | 21 | - | - |
oxygenizes | 30 | - | - |
oxygenizer | 30 | - | - |
oxygenized | 31 | - | - |
oxygenises | 21 | - | - |
oxygeniser | 21 | - | - |
oxygenised | 22 | - | - |
oxygenator | 21 | - | - |
oxygenates | 21 | - | - |
orthopraxy | 25 | - | - |
nephropexy | 27 | - | - |
monoxylous | 22 | - | - |
monoxylons | 22 | - | - |
metaxylems | 24 | - | - |
metagalaxy | 23 | - | - |
paroxytone | 22 | word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable | - |
paroxysmic | 26 | - | - |
paroxysmal | 24 | accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms | - |
pyroxylins | 25 | - | - |
pyroxyline | 25 | highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers | - |
protoxylem | 24 | - | - |
phyllotaxy | 28 | - | - |
xanthoxyls | 30 | - | - |
xylotomous | 22 | - | - |
xylotomist | 22 | - | - |
xylotomies | 22 | - | - |
xylorimbas | 24 | - | - |
xylophonic | 27 | - | - |
xylophones | 25 | - | - |
xylophages | 26 | - | - |
xylophagan | 26 | - | - |
xylometers | 22 | - | - |
xylologies | 21 | - | - |
xyloidines | 21 | - | - |
xylography | 29 | - | - |
xylographs | 26 | - | - |
xylogenous | 21 | - | - |
xylochrome | 27 | - | - |
zanthoxyls | 32 | - | - |
trioxygens | 21 | - | - |
trihydroxy | 27 | containing three hydroxyl groups | - |
hydroxylic | 29 | - | - |
heterotaxy | 23 | any abnormal position of the organs of the body | - |
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