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

  • self-explication — the act of explicating.
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
  • sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
  • simple extension — an extension field of a given field, obtained by forming all polynomials in a specified element with coefficients contained in the given field.
  • swinging sixties — the 1960s as a decade when social and sexual freedom increased
  • tax depreciation — Tax depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for the internal books.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the next but one — the one after the next
  • the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
  • titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
  • twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
  • uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
  • volatility index — beta (def 6).
  • win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
  • world exposition — world's fair.
  • x-ray technician — a technician who specializes in taking and processing x-rays, especially in a hospital or clinic.
  • xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.
  • xenotransplanted — Transplanted by xenotransplantation.
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