14-letter words containing e, x, s
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- self-reflexive — self-referential
- selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
- semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- 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.
- set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
- sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
- sexual assault — abuse or violence of a sexual nature
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
- six-eight time — a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 68
- sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
- sixteenth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note.
- 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.
- superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superluxurious — extremely luxurious
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
- tax concession — tax reduction
- 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 messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
- text to speech — (application) (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
- the gentle sex — the female sex; women
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- unexpectedness — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
- wessex culture — an early Bronze Age culture of southern England, 1800–1400 b.c., known only from grave sites, grave goods, and megaliths and considered responsible for erecting the sarsen stones of the third building phase of Stonehenge.
- xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
- xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.