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There are 18 six-letter words ending with AX

BANJAX	• banjax v. (Britain, originally Ireland, slang) To ruin or destroy. • banjax n. (Chiefly Ireland, informal) A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence. • BANJAX v. (slang) to ruin, destroy.
BOMBAX	• bombax n. Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family. • Bombax prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the cotton tree, of tropical and subtropical environments… • BOMBAX n. (Latin) a tree of the genus Bombax, the silk-cotton tree.
CARFAX	• carfax n. A junction of four roads. • carfax n. The main intersection in a town. • Carfax prop.n. (Oxford) The junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate’s, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.
CLIMAX	• climax n. (Originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. • climax n. (Obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series. • climax n. (Narratology) The culmination of a narrative’s rising action, the turning point.
EARWAX	• earwax n. (Medicine, pathology) A waxy substance secreted by the ear. • ear-wax n. Alternative spelling of earwax. • ear␣wax n. Alternative spelling of earwax.
HANDAX	• handax n. Alternative form of hand axe. • hand␣ax n. Alternative form of hand axe. • HANDAX n. a stone axe shaped to fit the hand, also HANDAXE.
LARNAX	• larnax n. (Archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human… • LARNAX n. (Greek) a terracotta chest of ancient Greece.
NONTAX	• nontax n. Any fee, assessment, etc. that is not a tax. • NONTAX n. a tax of little consequence.
PAXWAX	• paxwax n. (Anatomy, obsolete) A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of… • PAXWAX n. the strong tendon in an animal's neck, also PACKWAX.
PICKAX	• pickax n. Alternative spelling of pickaxe. • pickax v. Alternative spelling of pickaxe. • PICKAX v. to use a tool for breaking hard surfaces, also PICKAXE.
POLEAX	• poleax n. Alternative spelling of poleaxe. • poleax v. Alternative spelling of poleaxe. • POLEAX v. to strike with an axlike weapon, also POLEAXE.
PRETAX	• pretax adj. Before the payment of taxes. • pretax v. To tax before the action being taxed occurs. • pre-tax adj. Alternative form of pretax.
SMILAX	• smilax n. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers. • Smilax prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Smilacaceae – the greenbriers. • SMILAX n. (Greek) a genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem.
STORAX	• storax n. Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs. • storax n. The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant. • STORAX n. (Latin) a fragrant resin, also STYRAX.
STYRAX	• styrax n. Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to… • Styrax prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Styracaceae – species of which produce aromatic resins. • STYRAX n. (Greek) a fragrant resin, also STORAX.
SURTAX	• surtax n. (Law) An additional or extra tax. • surtax v. (Transitive) To impose a surtax upon. • SURTAX v. to assess with an extra tax.
SYNTAX	• syntax n. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. • syntax n. (Computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. • syntax n. (Linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.
THORAX	• thorax n. (Anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing… • thorax n. (Entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid… • THORAX n. (Greek) the part of the body between the neck and the abdomen.

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