English words starting with pax

Meanings of Pax:

noun

A call for a truce, used especially by schoolchildren when playing.

Usage examples:

Pax! no offence meant, honest old chum

proper noun

The goddess of peace.

Meanings of Paxilla:

noun

An ossicle in the endoderm of the aboral surface of some starfishes, having a column-like part projecting above the body surface which has a flattened top covered with small hinged spines which may be lowered to create a cavity next to the aboral surface.

Meanings of Paxillar:

adjective

Of or relating to a paxilla or paxillae.

Meanings of Paxillary:

adjective

= paxillar .

Meanings of Paxillate:

adjective

Bearing paxillae.

Meanings of Paxilliform:

adjective

Having the shape of a paxilla.

Meanings of Paxwax:

noun

The thick elastic ligament supporting the back of the skull, especially in a domestic quadruped; the nuchal ligament.

Meanings of Paxwaxes:

noun

The thick elastic ligament supporting the back of the skull, especially in a domestic quadruped; the nuchal ligament.