15-letter words containing e, x, i, t, n
- extended family — relatives
- extensification — The process of making something (more) extensive.
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extension light — a light on the end of a length of cable
- extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
- exteriorisation — Mental awareness of the form of something that cannot be directly visualised.
- exteriorization — The physical embodiment of an abstraction.
- external spline — any one of a series of narrow keys formed longitudinally around the circumference of a shaft that fit into corresponding grooves (internal splines) in a mating part: used to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
- externalisation — Alternative spelling of externalization.
- externalization — A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- extradictionary — (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extraordinaries — things that exceed the usual order, kind, or method
- extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
- extreme ironing — an activity that involves ironing items of laundry while engaged in a sport such as snowboarding or rock climbing
- extreme unction — Catholicism: last rites
- extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
- eye examination — an eye test
- fatal exception — (programming, operating system) A program execution error which is trapped by the operating system and which results in abrupt termination of the program. It may be possible for the program to catch some such errors, e.g. a floating point underflow; others, such as an invalid memory access (an attempt to write to read-only memory or an attempt to read memory outside of the program's address space), may always cause control to pass to the operating system without allowing the program an opportunity to handle the error. The details depend on the language's run-time system and the operating system. See also: fatal error.
- forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law
- ft-se 100 index — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- heat exhaustion — a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- identity matrix — a matrix that has 1 in each position on the main diagonal and 0 in all other positions.
- in the box seat — in the best position
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- intertextuality — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- matrix sentence — Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
- microextraction — (chemistry) A technique used to extract small amounts of material from a mixture.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- next to no time — a very short time
- next to nothing — very little
- nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- non-flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- over-excitement — to excite too much.