The following 62 words ending in ‘axy.’ However, many are no longer used in modern English. The Merriam-Webster dictionary, too, doesn’t recognize a few of these words. Therefore, we have given those without definition.
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Agalaxy
Agalactia.
Ataraxy
Calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet.
Barotaxy
Barotaxis.
Braxy
A malignant edema of sheep that involves gastrointestinal invasion by a spore-forming bacterium of the genus clostridium (c. septicum), produces an enterotoxemia characterized by staggering, convulsions, coma, and death, and is common in iceland, scotland, and norway.
Chaetotaxy
The arrangement or pattern of bristles on an arthropod (as a mosquito, mite, or larva); the study of chaetotaxy.
Chronaxy
The minimum time required for excitation of a structure (such as a neuron) by a constant electric current of twice the threshold voltage.
Epitaxy
The growth on a crystalline substrate of a crystalline substance that mimics the orientation of the substrate.
Eutaxy
Good order or management.
Flaxy
Any of a genus (linum of the family linaceae, the flax family) of herbs; especially : a slender erect annual (l. usitatissimum) with blue flowers commonly cultivated for its bast fiber and seed; the fiber of the flax plant especially when prepared for spinning.
Galaxy
Milky way galaxy —used with the; any of the very large groups of stars and associated matter that are found throughout the universe; an assemblage of brilliant or notable persons or things.
Heterotaxy
Heterotaxis.
Homotaxy
Homotaxis.
Litholapaxy
Lithotripsy.
Meiotaxy
The suppression of a complete whorl of leaves or sporophylls.
Metagalaxy
The entire system of galaxies : universe.
Orthopraxy
The correction of physical deformities by means of mechanical appliances.
Phyllotaxy
The arrangement of leaves on a stem and in relation to one another; the study of phyllotaxis and of the laws that govern it.
Pleiotaxy
Development of more than the normal number of parts (as bracts in a flower or inflorescence).
Prophylaxy
Prophylaxis.
Protogalaxy
A cloud of gas believed to be the precursor to a galaxy.
Supergalaxy
An aggregation of great numbers of galaxies : a large cluster of galaxies.
Taxy
-taxis.
Waxy
Made of, abounding in, or covered with wax : waxen; resembling wax: such as; readily shaped or molded.
Zootaxy
Zoological taxonomy.
The following words also end in axy; however, we couldn’t find definitions of these words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
- Anthotaxy
- Ataxy
- Baxy
- Biotaxy
- Caulotaxy
- Chemotaxy
- Coaxy
- Diastataxy
- Entomotaxy
- Geotaxy
- Hemiataxy
- Maxy
- Mixy-maxy
- Neurataxy
- Nosotaxy
- Periphraxy
- Phototaxy
- Rhizotaxy
- Stereotaxy
