12-letter words containing a, x, e, l
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hexasiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having six -Si-O- groups.
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
- indexicality — (philosophy) The quality or state of being indexical.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- inexpansible — unable to be expanded
- inexplicable — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inexplicably — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
- inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
- intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- lascaux cave — a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.).
- latex rubber — rubber used to make many products such as gloves, condoms, etc, and which is made from latex, a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- lead dioxide — a brown crystalline compound, PbO 2 , toxic, insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid: used as an oxidizing agent, in lead-acid batteries, and in analytical chemistry.
- leakage-flux — an act of leaking; leak.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- 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.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
- malt extract — a sweet, gummy substance derived from an infusion of malt.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
- methohexital — a barbiturate anesthetic, used in its sodium form, C 1 4 H 1 7 N 2 NaO 3 , for induction of general anesthesia or for anesthesia of short duration.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
- of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.