12-letter words containing e, n, t, i, r, x
- extra virgin — olive oil: of finest quality
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extrauterine — Existing, formed, or occurring outside the uterus.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- indirect tax — a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
- inexpertness — Want of expertise or skill.
- inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
- inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
- intermixture — a mass of ingredients mixed together.
- intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- intertexture — the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- 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.
- overexertion — to exert excessively.
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- 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
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- 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.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.