12-letter words containing e, x, g
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
- genotoxicity — (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- greeked text — words which appear on screen as grey lines when the type size is too small for actual letters to be shown
- gregory xiii — (Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- index finger — forefinger.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- leakage-flux — an act of leaking; leak.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- negative tax — a payment by the State to a person with a low income, the magnitude of the payment increasing as the income decreases. It is regarded as a form of social welfare
- non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
- 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.
- peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- perplexingly — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- 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.
- reflex angle — an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
- running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
- sexagenarian — of the age of 60 years or between 60 and 70 years old.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- sixty-eighth — next after the sixty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 68.
- texas ranger — a member of the Texas state police force or, especially formerly, of the mounted state police.
- text message — an electronic message sent over a cellular network from one cell phone to another by typing words, often in shortened form, as “l8t” for “late,” on the phone's numeric or QWERTY keypad.
- toxigenicity — the quality of being toxigenic
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen
- vexillologic — of or relating to vexillology
- vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
- xanthogenate — Xanthate.
- xenoestrogen — (biochemistry) A xenohormone that imitates estrogen.