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16-letter words containing i, x, o

  • exhibition match — a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
  • exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
  • exotic shorthair — a short-haired variety of domestic cat with a stocky body, developed through crossing Persian cats with American shorthairs
  • expansion bottle — a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
  • experimentations — Plural form of experimentation.
  • exploration well — An exploration well is a borehole which is drilled to find out if there is any oil or gas in a place.
  • explosive device — a device, such as a bomb, that explodes or bursts loudly and with great force
  • exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
  • exponential-time — (complexity)   The set or property of problems which can be solved by an exponential-time algorithm but for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known.
  • expressionlessly — Without expression; in an expressionless way.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
  • exterritoriality — Extraterritoriality.
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • extraterritorial — (of a law or decree) valid outside a country's territory.
  • extrinsic factor — vitamin B12
  • foreign exchange — commercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
  • hexahydroaniline — cyclohexylamine.
  • hexanedioic acid — adipic acid.
  • hydroxylammonium — (inorganic compound) The univalent NH3OH+ cation, derived from hydroxylamine.
  • hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • i see no x here. — (games)   Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write) traditionally favour this slightly marked usage over other possible equivalents such as "There's no X here!" or "X is missing." or "Where's the X?". This goes back to the original PDP-10 ADVENT, which would respond in this wise if you asked it to do something involving an object not present at your location in the game.
  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • internex on-line — A rather cheap Internet service provider in Toronto, Canada.
  • iron (iii) oxide — a red crystalline insoluble oxide of iron that occurs as haematite and rust and is made by heating ferrous sulphate: used as a pigment and metal polish (jeweller's rouge), and as a sensitive coating on magnetic tape. Formula: Fe2O3
  • junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
  • juxtapositioning — Present participle of juxtaposition.
  • keyword indexing — the process of constructing or compiling an index to a document or other item by using keywords that describe the item.
  • lexicostatistics — the statistical study of the vocabulary of a language or languages for historical purposes.
  • linux user group — (body, operating system)   (LUG) Any organisation of Linux users in a local area, university, etc., that offers mutual technical support, companionship with people of similar interests and promotes the use of Linux among computer users generally. LUGs often hold Install Fests for the general public, in which experienced Linux users explain and supervise the installation of Linux on new users' systems.
  • locomotor ataxia — tabes dorsalis.
  • mason-dixon line — the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, partly surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line of demarcation between free and slave states.
  • maximilian armor — full plate armor of the early 16th century, representing a combination of Italian and German styles and characterized by extensive use of fluting for lightness and strength.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
  • mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system)   (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
  • neapolitan sixth — (in musical harmony) a chord composed of the subdominant of the key, plus a minor third and a minor sixth. Harmonically it is equivalent to the first inversion of a major chord built upon the flattened supertonic
  • nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
  • no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
  • non-experiential — pertaining to or derived from experience.
  • non-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
  • non-intoxicating — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
  • obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • open box testing — white box testing
  • orthodox judaism — Judaism as observed by Orthodox Jews.
  • osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
  • over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • overexcitability — to excite too much.
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