14-letter words containing a, x, e, m
- mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
- mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
- 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.”.
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- 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.
- peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
- semimajor axis — Geometry. one half the major axis of an ellipse.
- semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
- set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
- tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
- taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
- texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
- text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
- the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
- to the maximum — If you say that someone does something to the maximum, you are emphasizing that they do it to the greatest degree possible.
- transsexualism — 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.
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
- xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines