There are 263 words that end in ix. This is a list of those ‘ix’ ending words with a definition from the Merriam-Webster collegiate dictionary.
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Accusatrix
A woman who makes an accusation against someone : a female accuser.
Adfix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Adjutrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Administratrix
A woman who is an administrator especially of an estate.
Admix
To mix in.
Admonitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Advocatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Affix
To attach physically; to attach in any way : add, append; impress.
Agitatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Aix
City in southeastern france north of marseille population 144,274.
Alix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Antefix
An ornament at the eaves of a classical building concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
Anthelix
The curved elevation of cartilage within or in front of the helix.
Antihelix
The curved elevation of cartilage within or in front of the helix.
Antispadix
The four modified tentacles opposite the spadix in mollusks of the genus nautilus.
Appendix
Appendage; supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing; a bodily outgrowth or process; specifically : vermiform appendix.
Arbitratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Assertrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Autocratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Aviatrix
A woman who is an aviator.
Beatrix
1938— queen of the netherlands (1980—2013).
Bellatrix
A bluish variable star of the second magnitude that forms the right shoulder of the constellation orion as seen from the ground and is the third brightest star in that constellation —called also gamma orionis.
Bemix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Benefactrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Billywix
Tawny owl.
Bisectrix
Bisector; specifically : a line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
Bollix
To throw into disorder; also : bungle —usually used with up.
Bucculatrix
A genus of small moths (family lyonetiidae) having larvae that feed in or on leaves and spin fusiform ribbed cocoons.
Calix
Cup.
Callithrix
A genus consisting of the true marmosets.
Calothrix
A genus of blue-green algae (family rivulariaceae) with free nonmucilaginous simple or falsely branched filaments.
Captivatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Cervix
Neck; especially : the back part of the neck; a constricted portion of an organ or part; especially : the narrow outer end of the uterus.
Chamoix
Either of two small, agile, goatlike bovids (rupicapra rupicapra and r. pyrenaica) of mountainous regions from southern europe to the caucasus that are often hunted for their meat and hide; a soft pliant leather prepared from the skin of the chamois or from sheepskin.
Chilomastix
A genus of pear-shaped, flagellated protozoans that usually occur commensally in the intestines of various vertebrates and includes one (chilomastix mesnili) occurring as a nonpathogenic parasite in the cecum and colon of humans.
Choenix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Chrysothrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Christianomastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Chronomastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Cicatrix
A scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a wound; a mark resembling a scar especially when caused by the previous attachment of an organ or part (such as a leaf).
Cylix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Cladothrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Clonothrix
A genus of chlamydobacteria that have organic sheaths encrusted with iron or manganese, that reproduce by spherical conidia borne in chains, and that are known chiefly from waterworks and pipes.
Coadjutrix
A woman who is a coadjutor.
Coadministratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Coexecutrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Coix
A small genus of coarse asian monoecious grasses having the pistillate flowers and seeds enclosed in a shining capsulelike involucre; any plant of the genus coix; especially : job’s-tears.
Commix
Mingle, blend; to become mingled or blended.
Competitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Confix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Conservatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Consolatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Cornix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Coturnix
A genus of birds (family phasianidae) containing the common european and other old world quails.
Counterfix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Coxendix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Creatrix
Creatress.
Creditrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Crenothrix
A genus (the type of the family crenotrichaceae) usually regarded as including a single species (c. polypora) of attached sheathed unbranched chlamydobacteria that are a frequent nuisance in water pipes and iron-containing springs and that have cylindrical or spherical cells.
Crucifix
A representation of christ on the cross.
Curatrix
A woman who is a curator.
Daemonelix
A genus of large spiral fossils of uncertain systematic position and nature comprising the devil’s corkscrews.
Darnix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Debitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Defix
Fix, fasten, establish.
Dictatrix
A woman who is a dictator : dictatress.
Directrix
Directress; a fixed curve with which a generatrix maintains a given relationship in generating a geometric figure; specifically : a straight line the distance to which from any point of a conic section is in fixed ratio to the distance from the same point to a focus.
Dispensatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Distrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Dix
Dorothea lynde 1802—1887 american social reformer.
Doctrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Elix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Endothrix
An endothrix fungus of the genus trichophyton (especially t. tonsurans).
Englerophoenix
A genus of tropical american pinnate-leaved palms with linear pinnae.
Erysipelothrix
A genus of gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria (family erysipelotrichaceae) that form no spores, tend to produce long filaments, and include one (e. rhusiopathiae) which is widespread in nature where nitrogenous matter is disintegrating and is the causative agent of swine.
Evocatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Executrix
A woman who is an executor.
Expenditrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Exterminatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Factrix
A female factor.
Felix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Fellatrix
A woman who performs fellatio.
Filix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Fix
To make firm, stable, or stationary; to give a permanent or final form to: such as; to change into a stable compound or available form.
Flix
Down, fur.
Fornicatrix
A woman who engages in fornication.
Fornix
An anatomical arch or fold: such as; the junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
Fundatrix
A viviparous parthenogenetic winged or wingless female aphid produced on the primary host plant from an overwintering fertilized egg.
Galloperdix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Generatrix
A point, line, or surface whose motion generates a line, surface, or solid.
Genetrix
Mother.
Gladiatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Gubernatrix
A woman who rules or governs : a female ruler.
Gulix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Helix
Something spiral in form: such as; an ornamental volute; a coil formed by winding wire around a uniform tube.
Heretrix
A female heritor.
Heritrix
A female heritor.
Histriomastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Hystrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Homeromastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Imitatrix
A female imitator.
Immix
To mix in.
Imperatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Impersonatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Impostrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Impropriatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Indicatrix
An ellipsoid whose axes are proportional to the principal refractive indices of a crystal and from which various optical properties of the crystal may be deduced.
Infix
To fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; to impress firmly in the consciousness or disposition; to insert (a sound or letter) as an infix.
Inheritrix
To receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor’s death; to receive as a devise or legacy; to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission.
Initiatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Inquisitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Inspectrix
Inspectress.
Inspiratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Instigatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Institutrix
A female institutor.
Interlocutrix
A female interlocutor.
Intermix
To mix together; to become mixed together.
Interrogatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Ix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Janitrix
Janitress.
Kylix
A drinking cup that has two looped handles on a shallow bowl set upon a slender center foot.
Lagothrix
A genus consisting of the woolly monkeys.
Larix
A genus of trees (family pinaceae) that are widely distributed in the north temperate zone and have deciduous foliage in clusters of acicular leaves of different lengths on short lateral spurs or scattered singly on the terminal shoots, solitary staminate flowers, and.
Legislatrix
A woman who makes laws : a female member of a legislative body.
Leiothrix
A genus of hill tits (family timaliidae) comprising the mesia and the japanese nightingale.
Lepothrix
Trichomycosis.
Leptothrix
A genus of sheathed filamentous bacteria of uncertain taxonomic affiliation that often have the sheath encrusted with oxides of iron or manganese; any bacterium of the genus leptothrix.
Liberatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Liferentrix
A female liferenter.
Liothrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Marnix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Martrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Mastix
Attacker of a (specified) person or thing; one having (such) a whip —in generic names in zoology; one having (such) a flagellum or (such or so many) flagella —in generic names in zoology.
Matrix
Something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form; a mold from which a relief surface (such as a piece of type) is made; die.
Mediatrix
A woman who is a mediator.
Meretrix
Prostitute.
Mesoappendix
The mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
Mirepoix
A sautéed mixture of diced vegetables (such as carrots, celery, and onions), herbs, and sometimes ham or bacon used especially as a basis for soups, stews, and sauces.
Mix
To combine or blend into one mass; to combine with another; to bring into close association.
Moderatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Monilethrix
An inherited disease of the hair in which each strand of hair has a beaded appearance due to periodic narrowing of the hair shaft and that is marked chiefly by fragile, brittle hair and patchy alopecia.
Monitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Narratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Natrix
A large widely distributed genus of colubrid aquatic snakes that includes all the true water snakes of north america.
Negotiatrix
Negotiatress.
Nix
To refuse to accept or allow (something) : veto, reject.
Noix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Nominatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Nonprolix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Notaulix
A longitudinal furrow in the anterior part of the mesonotum of various insects.
Novatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Objurgatrix
Common scold.
Obstetrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Operatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Oratrix
A female orator.
Osculatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Overfix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Overmix
To mix too much.
Overprolix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Paintrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Patrix
A pattern or die used in typefounding to form a matrix : punch.
Pemphix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Perdix
A once extensive genus of birds (family phasianidae) now limited to the european partridge and near related forms.
Perdrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Perfix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Permix
To mix thoroughly.
Perpetratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Persecutrix
Persecutress.
Perturbatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Phenix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Phoenix
A legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix.
Pistrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Pix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Pompholix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Postfix
Characterized by placement of an operator after its operand or after its two operands if it is a binary operator.
Precentrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Prefix
To fix or appoint beforehand; to place in front; especially : to add as a prefix.
Premix
To mix before use.
Primogenetrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Prix
Prize.
Procreatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Procuratrix
A female procurator.
Progenitrix
A female progenitor.
Projectrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Prolix
Unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long; marked by or using an excess of words.
Prolocutrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Promotrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Proprietrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Prosecutrix
A female prosecutor.
Protectrix
Protectress.
Pseudolarix
A genus of chinese coniferous deciduous trees (family pinaceae) having the staminate flowers clustered and the cone scales deciduous.
Pseudophoenix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Quadratrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Radix
The base of a number system or of logarithms; the primary source.
Reaffix
To affix (something) again; especially : to reattach (something) physically.
Rectrix
Any of the quill feathers of a bird’s tail that are important in controlling flight direction.
Refix
To fix (something) again: such as; to make (an object) firm, stable, or stationary again; also : to affix or attach (something) again; to set or establish (something) again and usually differently.
Regeneratrix
A female regenerator.
Relatrix
A female relator.
Remix
To mix again.
Rix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Rixatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Rollix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Salix
A genus (the type of the family salicaceae) of shrubs and trees that have the bracts of the catkin entire and only 2 to 10 stamens and that are widely distributed in temperate and cold regions; any plant of the genus salix.
Sandix
Any of various red pigments; especially : orange mineral.
Scandix
A small genus of eurasian herbs (family umbelliferae) with finely dissected leaves, white flowers, and wingless long-beaked fruit and with obscure oil tubes.
Senatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Separatrix
A diagonal or upright stroke used to separate one marginal proof correction from another in the same line; diagonal.
Sequestratrix
A female sequestrator.
Sermocinatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Servitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Significatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Six
A number that is one more than five; the sixth in a set or series; something having six units or members: such as.
Skeezix
Rascal.
Solicitrix
A female solicitor.
Spadix
A floral spike with a fleshy or succulent axis usually enclosed in a spathe.
Spectatrix
A female spectator.
Speculatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Spinturnix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Spondulix
Fractional currency; money, funds.
Stereomatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Stimulatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Streptothrix
A genus of higher bacteria that somewhat resemble molds, have branched filaments, and comprise forms now usually placed in actinomyces or in leptothrix; any bacterium of the genus streptothrix.
Strix
A fluting of a column.
Subfix
A subscript sign, letter, or character.
Submatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Suffix
An affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase.
Superfix
A morpheme consisting of a pattern of stress, intonation, or juncture features that are associated with the syllables of a word or phrase (such as the distinctive stress patterns of the noun subject and the verb subject).
Superhelix
Supercoil.
Tamarix
A large genus (the type of the family tamaricaceae) of shrubs or small trees that are natives of the eastern mediterranean region and tropical asia and have minute scalelike leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers with free stamens and 3 to 4 styles.
Tectrix
Covert.
Testatrix
A woman who is a testator.
Tetrix
A genus of small very active usually dark-colored grouse locusts.
Tettix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Theomastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Thiothrix
A genus of bacteria (family beggiatoaceae) consisting of nonmotile ensheathed attached filaments differentiated into a base and a tip.
Tortrix
A tortricid moth.
Tractrix
A curve in which the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant and which is an involute of a catenary.
Transfix
To hold motionless by or as if by piercing; to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : impale.
Translatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Trisectrix
A curve that trisects an arbitrary angle.
Trix
Female that does or is associated with a (specified) thing; geometric line, point, or surface.
Turnix
A genus comprising small 3-toed birds that live on grassy plains of southern europe, asia, and northern africa and are related to the plovers and sand grouse and constituting with the genus pedionomus the family turnicidae; any bird of the genus turnix : button quail.
Tutrix
A female tutor.
Ulothrix
A genus (the type of the family ulotrichaceae) of green algae that are common in ponds and consist of simple filaments with band-shaped green chloroplasts.
Unfix
To loosen from a fastening : detach, disengage; to make unstable : unsettle.
Uniprocessorunix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Unix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Unmix
To undo the action of mixing (something).
Unprolix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Upmix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Uromastix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Varix
An abnormally dilated or swollen blood or lymph vessel and especially a vein (as of the esophagus or stomach).
Vaticinatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Vermix
Vermiform appendix.
Vernix
Vernix caseosa.
Versificatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Vibix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Victrix
Victress.
Vindemiatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Visitrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Xix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Zelatrix
— No definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
