| addax | (noun) large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa | Synonyms: Addax nasomaculatus |
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| anthrax | (noun) a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people | Synonyms: splenic fever |
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| (noun) a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia | - |
| anticlimax | (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: bathos |
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| (noun) a disappointing decline after a previous rise | - |
| ax | (noun) an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle | Synonyms: axe |
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| (verb) terminate | Synonyms: axe |
| (verb) chop or split with an ax | Synonyms: axe |
| beeswax | (noun) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs | - |
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| (verb) cover with beeswax | - |
| borax | (noun) an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent | - |
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| breakax | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakaxe, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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| broadax | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadaxe |
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| climax | (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: coming, orgasm, sexual climax |
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| (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: culmination |
| (noun) arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | - |
| (noun) the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding | Synonyms: flood tide |
| (noun) the most severe stage of a disease | - |
| (verb) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | Synonyms: culminate |
| coax | (noun) a transmission line for high-frequency signals | Synonyms: coax cable, coaxial cable |
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| (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
| earwax | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: cerumen |
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| fax | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile, facsimile machine |
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| (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, telefax |
| flax | (noun) plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem | - |
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| (noun) fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric | - |
| galax | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
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| haemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: hemothorax |
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| hemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: haemothorax |
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| hoax | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on |
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| (verb) subject to a playful hoax or joke | Synonyms: play a joke on, pull someone's leg |
| hydrothorax | (noun) accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys | - |
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| hyrax | (noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes | Synonyms: coney, cony, das, dassie |
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| lax | (adjective) lacking in firmness or tension; not taut | - |
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| (adjective) pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') | - |
| (adjective) lacking in rigor or strictness | Synonyms: slack |
| (adjective) emptying easily or excessively | Synonyms: loose |
| max | (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, scoop, soap |
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| opopanax | (noun) an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines | - |
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| overtax | (verb) tax excessively | - |
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| parallax | (noun) the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object | - |
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| pax | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist | Synonyms: kiss of peace |
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| pickax | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickaxe |
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| pneumothorax | (noun) abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis) | - |
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| poleax | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleaxe |
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| (noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| prothorax | (noun) the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
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| relax | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, loosen |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | Synonyms: loosen up |
| sax | (noun) a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | Synonyms: saxophone |
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| scramasax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramaseax, scramsax |
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| scramaseax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramsax |
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| scramsax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramaseax |
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| seax | (noun) a type of sword or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. | - |
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| smilax | (noun) fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration | Synonyms: Asparagus asparagoides |
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| storax | (noun) a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax | - |
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| styrax | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage | - |
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| supertax | (noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed | Synonyms: surtax |
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| surtax | (noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed | Synonyms: supertax |
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| (verb) levy an extra tax on | - |
| syntax | (noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences | - |
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| (noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | Synonyms: phrase structure, sentence structure |
| (noun) a systematic orderly arrangement | - |
| tax | (noun) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | Synonyms: revenue enhancement, taxation |
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| (verb) make a charge against or accuse | - |
| (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: task |
| (verb) levy a tax on | - |
| (verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: assess |
| telefax | (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, fax |
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| thorax | (noun) part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs | - |
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| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: chest, pectus |
| (noun) the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen | - |
| toadflax | (noun) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America | Synonyms: butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, wild snapdragon |
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| unlax | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unstrain, unwind |
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| wax | (noun) any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water | - |
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| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, rise |
| (verb) increase in phase | Synonyms: full |
| (verb) cover with wax | - |