13-letter words containing m, i, x
- mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
- mixter-maxter — chaotic or confused
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- mycotoxicosis — poisoning resulting from exposure to fungal toxins.
- normal matrix — a square matrix A for which AA* = A*A, where A* is the Hermitian conjugate of A
- oral examiner — someone who administers oral exams
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- oxymetazoline — a sympathomimetic drug, C 1 6 H 2 4 N 2 O, used as a topical, long-lasting nasal decongestant.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- primary xylem — xylem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- reexamination — further study or inspection
- semi-flexible — partially flexible; involving or possessing some flexibility
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- square matrix — a matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- tax exemption — immunity from paying tax
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- unexemplified — not exemplified; not clarified by example
- unix man page — Unix manual page
- unix system v — System V
- uranium oxide — any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O 9 , or U 3 O 8 .
- vision mixing — the work of selecting and manipulating the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- vivax malaria — the most common form of malaria, caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax and marked by the occurrence of attacks every other day.
- xanthochroism — a condition in certain animals, esp aquarium goldfish, in which all skin pigments other than yellow and orange disappear
- xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- yttrium oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.