12-letter words containing a, l, e, x
- expediential — Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
- experiential — Involving or based on experience and observation.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
- explain away — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
- explanations — Plural form of explanation.
- explantation — The act of explanting.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- exploitation — The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- expostulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- exterminable — Capable of being exterminated.
- external ear — the part of the ear consisting of the auricle and the auditory canal
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- externalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of externalize.
- extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extraditable — (of a crime) rendering the offender liable to extradition
- extralegally — In an extralegal manner; outside the law.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- extramarital — (especially of sexual relations) occurring outside marriage.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate.
- extrasystole — A heartbeat outside the normal rhythm, as often occurs in normal individuals.
- extratextual — Outside of a text.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- fauxmosexual — (slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.