16-letter words containing a, l, e, x, i, n
- non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
- over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
- overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
- self-explication — the act of explicating.
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
- sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
- social exclusion — Social exclusion is the act of making certain groups of people within a society feel isolated and unimportant.
- texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
- triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
- unix manual page — (operating system) (Or "man page") A part of Unix's extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page from the Unix command line, type: man [-s
] e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. Man pages for most versions of Unix are available on-line in HTML. - volatility index — beta (def 6).
- willem-alexander — full name Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand. born 1967, king of the Netherlands from 2013