12-letter words containing e, x, p
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- perplexingly — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- perplexities — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- phoenixville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photooxidize — to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
- postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- postexposure — occurring after a photo or image has been taken
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- 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.
- prices index — an official list of the price of goods
- property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
- propoxyphene — Pharmacology. a nonnarcotic analgesic, C 2 2 H 2 9 NO 2 .
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- reexperience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- sexual spore — a spore formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
- sixteenpenny — noting a nail 3½ inches (9 cm) long. Symbol: 16d.
- solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- super-exceed — to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.: to exceed the speed limit.
- superexpress — a superexpress train
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- tax loophole — a legal way of avoiding the payment of tax, or part of a tax bill, due to a gap in tax legislation
- tax preparer — accountant hired to calculate taxes
- tepexpan man — an early human known from skeletal remains found near Tepexpán, Mexico, and dating c10,000–8000 b.c.
- time-expired — (of a cheque) that has lapsed and is no longer valid
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- underexposed — If a photograph is underexposed, it is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to enough light.
- unexceptable — to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
- unexpectable — to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
- unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.