14-letter words containing i, n, o, x
- interconnexion — Dated form of interconnection.
- intoxicatingly — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- macintosh iicx — (computer) (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
- mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- nitrogen fixer — any of various microorganisms in the soil involved in the process of nitrogen fixation.
- nitrogen oxide — chemical compound of oxygen and nitrogen
- nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- non-expiration — a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
- non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- non-extensible — capable of being extended.
- non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
- nonexistential — not existential
- nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
- organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
- overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
- overextraction — excessive extraction
- ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
- peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
- photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
- sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
- 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)
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments