14-letter words containing e, x, o
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- interconnexion — Dated form of interconnection.
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- lead(ii) oxide — a poisonous insoluble oxide of lead existing in red and yellow forms: used in making glass, glazes, and cements, and as a pigment. Formula: PbO
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- magnox reactor — a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and uranium cased in magnox as the fuel
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- mercuric oxide — a slightly crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous compound, HgO, occurring as a coarse, orange-red powder (red mercuric oxide) or as a fine, orange-yellow powder (yellow mercuric oxide) used chiefly as a pigment in paints and as an antiseptic in pharmaceuticals.
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
- mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
- mmx technology — Matrix Math eXtensions
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- nexpert object — An expert system.
- next door (to) — in, at, or to the next house, building, etc. (adjacent to)
- nitrogen fixer — any of various microorganisms in the soil involved in the process of nitrogen fixation.
- nitrogen oxide — chemical compound of oxygen and nitrogen
- nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-contextual — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- non-expiration — a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
- non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- non-extensible — capable of being extended.
- non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
- non-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
- nonexistential — not existential
- nonexplanatory — not explanatory
- nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
- opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
- organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
- otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
- out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
- out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
- overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.