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There are 16 nine-letter words ending with XIS

AEROTAXIS	• aerotaxis n. (Biology) Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content. • AEROTAXIS n. movement towards or from oxygen.
ANAPTYXIS	• anaptyxis n. (Phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel. • ANAPTYXIS n. (Greek) the insertion of a vowel between two consonants for ease of pronunciation.
CATALEXIS	• catalexis n. A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse. • catalexis n. Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables. • CATALEXIS n. the condition of being catalectic, lacking one syllable in the last foot.
CLINOAXIS	• clinoaxis n. The diagonal axis that makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis in a monoclinic crystal. • CLINOAXIS n. in crystallography, the clinodiagonal.
CYTOTAXIS	• cytotaxis n. (Biology) The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering… • CYTOTAXIS n. movement of cells due to external stimulus.
DIAZEUXIS	• DIAZEUXIS n. in Greek music, the separation of two tetrachords by a whole tone.
ENDOMIXIS	• endomixis n. (Biology) A periodic reorganization of the cell nucleus in certain ciliated protozoa. • ENDOMIXIS n. in Protozoa, a nuclear reorganization without conjugation.
EPISTAXIS	• epistaxis n. (Medicine) nosebleed. • EPISTAXIS n. bleeding from the nose.
EPIZEUXIS	• epizeuxis n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis. • EPIZEUXIS n. the immediate repetition of a word for emphasis.
HOMOTAXIS	• homotaxis n. (Biology) similarity in arrangement of parts. • homotaxis n. (Geology) similarity in the lithostratigraphic or biostratigraphic vertical sequence of rock strata… • HOMOTAXIS n. coincidence in order of organic succession but not necessarily in time.
HYPOTAXIS	• hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions.
ORTHOAXIS	• ORTHOAXIS n. in crystallography, the orthodiagonal.
PARATAXIS	• parataxis n. (Grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated… • parataxis n. (Literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection. • parataxis n. (Historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
PSEUDAXIS	• pseudaxis n. Alternative form of pseudoaxis. • PSEUDAXIS n. a sympodium, an axis made up of the basal portions of several branches.
RHEOTAXIS	• rheotaxis n. (Biology) movement in response to a current (of water or air). • RHEOTAXIS n. the movement of an organism in response to a current of water.
TELOTAXIS	• telotaxis n. (Biology) movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus. • TELOTAXIS n. a taxis by which an organism orients itself in respect to a stimulus.

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