Words Containing XY
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3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| oxy | 13 | - | - |
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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