13-letter words containing c, a, x, i
- mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
- non-excitable — easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.
- nonintoxicant — a substance that is not an intoxicant
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- praxiological — the study of human conduct.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
- tax incentive — measure to encourage activity
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- titanic oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
- unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
- victorian box — a tree, Pittosporum undulatum, of Australia, having shiny, wavy-margined, oblong leaves and fragrant clusters of yellowish flowers.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- x-certificate — a film classification indicating a film that may not be publicly shown to anyone under 18. Since 1982 replaced by symbol 18
- xanthochroism — a condition in certain animals, esp aquarium goldfish, in which all skin pigments other than yellow and orange disappear
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- xylographical — Xylographic.
- zoopraxiscope — an early type of motion-picture projector, designed by Eadweard Muybridge, in which the images were drawings or photographs placed along the rim of a circular glass plate, the shutter was a rotating opaque disk with radial slots, and a limelight source was used.