12-letter words containing e, n, t, r, o, x
- next door to — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
- 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.
- open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
- ortho-xylene — Chemistry. a clear, colorless, poisonous, flammable liquid, C 8 H 10 , the ortho isomer of xylene: used chiefly in the synthesis of phthalic anhydride.
- overexertion — to exert excessively.
- overextended — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- 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
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- 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.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xenoestrogen — (biochemistry) A xenohormone that imitates estrogen.
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.