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PYXIS

“PYXIS” is a valid word.

17 Scrabble points
17 Words with Friends
5 letters

Definition

noun

  1. fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
  2. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia
  3. a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

< 5-letter words: PYXIS

15 words found

4-letter words 2

  • pixycreeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
  • yipsnervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)

3-letter words 9

  • sixthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
  • spy(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
  • sipa small drink
  • yipa sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
  • psia unit of pressure
  • pixa chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
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  • pyxa chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay

2-letter words 4

  • ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • pithe ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
  • xithe cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one