12-letter words containing d, i, x, e
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
- over-indexes — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photooxidize — to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation
- prices index — an official list of the price of goods
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
- sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
- six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
- text edition — that edition of a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
- time-expired — (of a cheque) that has lapsed and is no longer valid
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- uranic oxide — uranium dioxide.