12-letter words containing m, i, n, x
- 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.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pick 'n' mix — Pick 'n' mix is used to describe a way of getting a collection of things together by choosing a number of different ones.
- pick and mix — a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- tax immunity — the fact of being immune from taxation
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- vision mixer — the person who selects and manipulates the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- x consortium — A vendor consortium supporting development, evolution and maintenance of the X Window System. The X Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit company. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium, a research group of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.