13-letter words containing e, x, t, i
- mesityl oxide — an oily, colorless liquid, C 6 H 1 0 O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds.
- midterm exams — exams taken during the middle of a term in a school, university, etc
- mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
- mixter-maxter — chaotic or confused
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- neurotoxicity — the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue.
- nitrous oxide — a colorless, sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble gas, N 2 O, that sometimes produces a feeling of exhilaration when inhaled: used chiefly as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery, in the manufacture of chemicals, and as an aerosol.
- non-excitable — easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.
- non-executive — Someone who has a non-executive position in a company or organization gives advice but is not responsible for making decisions or ensuring that decisions are carried out.
- non-existence — absence of existence.
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- one's sixties — the ages between 60–69
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- osa extension — (OSAX) Any extension to Macintosh OSA.
- over-exerting — to exert excessively.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overextension — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
- oxymetazoline — a sympathomimetic drug, C 1 6 H 2 4 N 2 O, used as a topical, long-lasting nasal decongestant.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- pre-existence — to exist beforehand.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- prefix syntax — prefix notation
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- reexamination — further study or inspection
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- rotation-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.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- self-existent — existing independently of any cause, as God.
- seventy-sixth — next after the seventy-fifth; being the ordinal number for 76.
- sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- sixty-seventh — next after the sixty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 67.
- soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- square matrix — a matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- subject index — alphabetical contents list
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
- tax exemption — immunity from paying tax