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12-letter words containing e, x, t, i, r

  • german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
  • heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
  • heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
  • heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
  • hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
  • hyperexcited — Very highly excited.
  • indirect tax — a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
  • inexpertness — Want of expertise or skill.
  • inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
  • inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
  • intermixture — a mass of ingredients mixed together.
  • intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
  • intertexture — the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
  • multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
  • neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
  • nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
  • over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
  • overexertion — to exert excessively.
  • overexplicit — excessively explicit
  • overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
  • 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
  • perplexities — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
  • postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
  • proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
  • running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
  • sixth former — student: 16-18
  • sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
  • tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
  • tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
  • the fair sex — women collectively
  • time-expired — (of a cheque) that has lapsed and is no longer valid
  • twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
  • underexploit — to make insufficient use of
  • xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
  • xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
  • xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
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