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12-letter words containing n, o, t, x

  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
  • maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
  • mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
  • money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
  • morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
  • neoorthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
  • neutron flux — the rate of flow of neutrons through a specified area
  • next door to — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
  • nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
  • no exception — If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
  • non-existent — absence of existence.
  • non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
  • non-toxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
  • nonexecution — Failure to execute or perform.
  • nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
  • nonexistence — absence of existence.
  • nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
  • nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
  • open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
  • 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.
  • overexertion — to exert excessively.
  • overextended — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
  • overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
  • oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
  • serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
  • shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
  • six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
  • 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.
  • sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
  • stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
  • tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
  • text edition — that edition of a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
  • thioxanthene — any of a class of antipsychotics, as thiothixene, used to relieve symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders.
  • toxigenicity — the quality of being toxigenic
  • transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
  • tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
  • twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
  • underexploit — to make insufficient use of
  • unorthodoxly — not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy; not orthodox: an unorthodox ideology.
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