The Caribbean islands are called the West Indies to correct the name, Indies, mistakenly given by Christopher Columbus. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies of Asia.
We also have lists of Words that end with tax, and words that start with tax. Search for words that start with a letter or word: 11 Letter words that contain tax. 1  Epitaxially. 2  Paclitaxels. 3  Phototaxies. 4  Phyllotaxes. 5  Phyllotaxis. 6  Pleiotaxies. 7  Stereotaxic.
Some of these include âdamage,â âprison,â and âmarriage.â Most English words that describe law and government come from Norman French. Words such as âjury,â âparliament,â and âjustice.â. The French language used by the Norman rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken by eight hundred years ago.