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14-letter words containing e, x, o

  • overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • parallel axiom — the axiom in Euclidean geometry that only one line can be drawn through a given point so that the line is parallel to a given line that does not contain the point.
  • peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • plumbous oxide — litharge.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
  • re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • semimajor axis — Geometry. one half the major axis of an ellipse.
  • semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
  • sensory cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
  • sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
  • sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
  • superluxurious — extremely luxurious
  • take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
  • telex operator — a person who sends messages by telex
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • text to speech — (application)   (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
  • the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
  • tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
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