12-letter words containing e, x, c, n
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- 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.
- no exception — If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonexecution — Failure to execute or perform.
- nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
- nonexistence — absence of existence.
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
- oxygen cycle — the process by which oxygen released into the atmosphere by photosynthetic organisms is taken up by aerobic organisms while the carbon dioxide released as a by-product of repiration is taken up for photosynthesis.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- prices index — an official list of the price of goods
- reexperience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- 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 counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
- six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
- 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.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- toxigenicity — the quality of being toxigenic
- unexceptable — to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
- unexecutable — to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan or order.
- unexpectable — to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
- unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- uranic oxide — uranium dioxide.
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
- vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
- waxed cotton — cotton that is treated with wax to make it waterproof
- xenocurrency — currency circulating or traded in money markets of countries outside its country of issue.
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.