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16-letter words containing n, e, t, x

  • external affairs — (formerly) the Canadian federal Foreign Affairs department
  • external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
  • external storage — storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.
  • external student — a student studying a university subject extramurally
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • extreme fighting — a combat sport incorporating techniques from a range of martial arts, with little if any regulation of the types of blows permissible
  • extrinsic factor — vitamin B12
  • for external use — If medicine is for external use, it is intended to be used only on the outside of your body, and not to be eaten or drunk.
  • freezing mixture — a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C
  • ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
  • has the x nature — (From Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?") Common hacker construction for "is an X", used for humorous emphasis. "Anyone who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it truly has the loser nature!" See also the X that can be Y is not the true X.
  • hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
  • hermitian matrix — Mathematics. a matrix, whose entries are complex numbers, equal to the transpose of the matrix whose entries are the conjugates of the entries of the given matrix.
  • hexachloroethane — a colorless crystalline compound, C 2 Cl 6 , with a camphorlike odor, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in organic synthesis and pyrotechnics, as a retarding agent in fermentation, and as a solvent.
  • hyper-excitement — an excited state or condition.
  • hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • 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.
  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • internet express — An Internet provider in Colorado Springs, USA. Formerly called the Community News Service. They provide SLIP accounts at no extra charge.
  • internex on-line — A rather cheap Internet service provider in Toronto, Canada.
  • junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
  • law of exponents — the theorem stating the elementary properties of exponents, as the property that the product of the same bases, each raised to an exponent, is equal to the base raised to the sum of the exponents: xa ⋅ xb = xa + b .
  • lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
  • matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
  • mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • open box testing — white box testing
  • over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
  • oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
  • presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
  • proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
  • radiant exitance — the ability of a surface to emit radiation expressed as the radiant flux emitted per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • rate of exchange — exchange rate.
  • recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
  • refractive index — index of refraction.
  • rotation of axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
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