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

  • lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
  • lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
  • little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
  • magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
  • methohexital — a barbiturate anesthetic, used in its sodium form, C 1 4 H 1 7 N 2 NaO 3 , for induction of general anesthesia or for anesthesia of short duration.
  • mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
  • multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
  • multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
  • negative tax — a payment by the State to a person with a low income, the magnitude of the payment increasing as the income decreases. It is regarded as a form of social welfare
  • neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
  • next in line — person: front of queue
  • ninety-sixth — next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96.
  • 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.
  • no exception — If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
  • non-existent — absence of existence.
  • non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
  • nonexecution — Failure to execute or perform.
  • nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
  • nonexistence — absence of existence.
  • nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
  • nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
  • opposite sex — man if woman, woman if man
  • 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.
  • pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
  • pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
  • 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.
  • photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
  • photooxidize — to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation
  • 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.
  • self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
  • 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.
  • six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
  • sixteenpenny — noting a nail 3½ inches (9 cm) long. Symbol: 16d.
  • 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
  • sixty-eighth — next after the sixty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 68.
  • sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
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