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14-letter words containing a, r, x, e

  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • magnox reactor — a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and uranium cased in magnox as the fuel
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
  • mixed marriage — a marriage between persons of different racial, ethnic, or religious groups, as between a black person and a white person or between a Christian and a Jew.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • non-expiration — a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
  • non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  • non-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
  • parallel axiom — the axiom in Euclidean geometry that only one line can be drawn through a given point so that the line is parallel to a given line that does not contain the point.
  • passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
  • re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • semimajor axis — Geometry. one half the major axis of an ellipse.
  • semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
  • seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • telex operator — a person who sends messages by telex
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
  • toga praetexta — (in ancient Rome) a toga with a broad purple border worn by certain magistrates and priests and by boys until they assumed the toga virilis
  • transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • trial examiner — a person appointed to hold hearings and report findings and recommendations to an administrative or quasi-judicial agency or tribunal.
  • ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
  • vernal equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
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