17-letter words containing a, x, l
- lexical insertion — the process in which actual morphemes of a language are substituted either for semantic material or for place-fillers in the course of a derivation of a sentence
- lexicographically — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- literary executor — a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.
- local examination — any of various examinations, such as the GCSE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
- lose the exchange — to lose a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
- maximum principle — the theorem that a function of a complex variable that is analytic in a domain and on its boundary attains its maximum absolute value on the boundary.
- maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
- nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
- office by example — (language) (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
- orthogonal matrix — a matrix that is the inverse of its transpose so that any two rows or any two columns are orthogonal vectors
- paradoxical sleep — REM sleep.
- physical exercise — movements and activities done to keep your body healthy or make it stronger
- plastic explosive — a puttylike substance that contains an explosive charge, and is detonated by fuse or by remote control: used especially by terrorists and in guerrilla warfare.
- potassium oxalate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 2 C 2 O 4 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and in medical tests as an anticoagulant.
- psychoprophylaxis — Lamaze method.
- quasiexperimental — (medicine) Describing a trial in which the assignment to a group is based upon an experimental condition.
- russell's paradox — a paradox of set theory in which an object is defined in terms of a class of objects that contains the object being defined, resulting in a logical contradiction.
- semi-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- sexual dimorphism — the condition in which the males and females in a species are morphologically different, as with many birds.
- sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
- sexual harassment — unwelcome sexual advances made by an employer or superior, especially when compliance is made a condition of continued employment or advancement.
- sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
- socially excluded — suffering from social exclusion
- sparc xterminal 1 — (computer) Sun's lowest cost networked Unix desktop, it is board-upgradeable to a SPARC 4. It comes with a choice of frame buffers: 8-bit colour, Turbo GX, or Turbo GX plus. This product was expected to replace the SPARCclassic X. UK availability was planned for March 1995.
- stress relaxation — Stress relaxation is a gradual reduction in stress with time at constant strain.
- textual criticism — lower criticism.
- thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
- to a large extent — greatly
- triangular matrix — a square matrix in which either all the entries above the principal diagonal, or all the entries below the principal diagonal, are zero.
- urban exploration — a recreational activity in which people explore derelict urban structures such as abandoned sewers or underground railways or attempt to access areas which are closed to the public such as the roofs of skyscrapers
- varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
- vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
- xiao hinggan ling — mountain range in NE China running parallel to the Amur River: highest peak, 4,665 ft (1,422 m)