13-letter words containing e, x, a, c, r
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- lexical order — the arrangement of a set of items in accordance with a recursive algorithm, such as the entries in a dictionary whose order depends on their first letter unless these are the same in which case it is the second which decides, and so on
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
- liver extract — an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- 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.
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- severance tax — a tax levied by a state on the extraction and use of a natural product, as coal, that is sold outside the state or during a certain period.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- tax collector — sb employed to gather taxes
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- unextractable — to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth.
- 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
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- yeast extract — food ingredient obtained from yeast
- 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.