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12-letter words containing l, e, o, x

  • 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.
  • methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
  • metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
  • metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
  • neutron flux — the rate of flow of neutrons through a specified area
  • nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
  • non-flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • nonexpansile — Not expansile.
  • nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
  • nonreflexive — (of a relation) neither reflexive nor irreflexive; holding between some members of its domain and themselves, and failing to hold between others
  • nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
  • 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.
  • of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
  • 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!
  • ortho-xylene — Chemistry. a clear, colorless, poisonous, flammable liquid, C 8 H 10 , the ortho isomer of xylene: used chiefly in the synthesis of phthalic anhydride.
  • over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • overexplicit — excessively explicit
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
  • oxygen cycle — the process by which oxygen released into the atmosphere by photosynthetic organisms is taken up by aerobic organisms while the carbon dioxide released as a by-product of repiration is taken up for photosynthesis.
  • oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
  • phoenixville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
  • polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
  • psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
  • sexual spore — a spore formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
  • six-year-old — being six years in age
  • solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • tax loophole — a legal way of avoiding the payment of tax, or part of a tax bill, due to a gap in tax legislation
  • underexploit — to make insufficient use of
  • unexplorable — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
  • vexillologic — of or relating to vexillology
  • voix celeste — an organ stop having for each note two pipes tuned to slightly different pitches and producing a wavering, gentle tone.
  • vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
  • well-exposed — left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
  • zooxanthella — any of various symbiotic yellow-green or yellow–brown algae in the cytoplasm of certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates.
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