16-letter words containing e, x, s, r
- maximum-security — designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.
- mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
- no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
- obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
- osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- parallel sysplex — (operating system) A Sysplex that uses one or more coupling facilities.
- presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
- prevost d'exiles — Antoine François [ahn-twan frahn-swa] /ɑ̃ˈtwan frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Abbé Prévost") 1697–1763, French novelist.
- proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
- recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
- rotation of axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
- saxifrage family — the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.
- self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
- self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
- senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
- sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
- sodium hydroxide — a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of other chemicals, rayon, film, soap, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic.
- spherical excess — the difference between the sum of the angles of a spherical triangle and two right angles.
- sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
- symmetric matrix — a matrix with the lower-left half equal to the mirror image of the upper-right half; a matrix that is its own transpose.
- texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
- the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
- triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
- twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- world exposition — world's fair.
- xenotransplanted — Transplanted by xenotransplantation.