12-letter words containing a, i, r, e, x
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
- sexagenarian — of the age of 60 years or between 60 and 70 years old.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- the fair sex — women collectively
- uranic oxide — uranium dioxide.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.