12-letter words containing e, x, i, s
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flexibleness — The state or quality of being flexible.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hexasiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having six -Si-O- groups.
- in excess of — more than
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inexpansible — unable to be expanded
- inexpertness — Want of expertise or skill.
- inexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression.
- inextensible — not extensible; incapable of being extended or stretched.
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- 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.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- ninety-sixth — next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96.
- non-existent — absence of existence.
- non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonexistence — absence of existence.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- opposite sex — man if woman, woman if man
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-indexes — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- overexercise — to exercise excessively
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour