12-letter words containing i, x, o, n
- grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- hexasiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having six -Si-O- groups.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydroxyl ion — hydroxide ion
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- in excess of — more than
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- innocent xii — (Antonio Pignatelli) 1615–1700, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1691–1700.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- intoxicating — Archaic. intoxicated.
- intoxication — inebriation; drunkenness.
- intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- 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.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- 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.
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- mexican onyx — a translucent, banded variety of calcite, used for ornamental and decorative pieces.
- mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- 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.
- non-flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- non-toxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- 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.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonoxidizing — not leading to oxidation, not converting to oxide
- nonreflexive — (of a relation) neither reflexive nor irreflexive; holding between some members of its domain and themselves, and failing to hold between others
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- one-line fix — Used (often sarcastically) of a change to a program that is thought to be trivial or insignificant right up to the moment it crashes the system. Usually "cured" by another one-line fix. See also I didn't change anything!