12-letter words containing c, o, x
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- excogitating — Present participle of excogitate.
- excogitation — Careful thought or consideration.
- excoriations — Plural form of excoriation.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- excursionize — to go on an excursion or excursions
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exercitation — (obsolete) The exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- expectations — Plural form of expectation.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- exteroceptor — A sensory receptor that receives external stimuli.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- ferric oxide — a dark-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring naturally, as hematite and rust, or synthesized: used chiefly as a pigment, as a mordant, as a coating for magnetic recording tape, and in the manufacture of polishing compounds.
- fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
- genotoxicity — (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
- hemotoxicity — Toxicity that affects the blood (especially that affects red blood cells).
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- hydroxy acid — an organic acid containing both a carboxyl and a hydroxyl group.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- in excess of — more than
- innocent xii — (Antonio Pignatelli) 1615–1700, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1691–1700.
- intoxicating — Archaic. intoxicated.
- intoxication — inebriation; drunkenness.
- intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
- medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
- methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
- mexican onyx — a translucent, banded variety of calcite, used for ornamental and decorative pieces.
- mixobarbaric — relating to a people who have both Greek and non-Greek ancestry