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12-letter words containing o, c, x

  • motor cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with transmitting impulses to the voluntary muscles.
  • myxomycetous — of or relating to a slime mold.
  • nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
  • 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-toxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
  • nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • 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.
  • over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
  • over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
  • overexercise — to exercise excessively
  • overexplicit — excessively explicit
  • oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
  • oxygen cycle — the process by which oxygen released into the atmosphere by photosynthetic organisms is taken up by aerobic organisms while the carbon dioxide released as a by-product of repiration is taken up for photosynthesis.
  • oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
  • plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
  • psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
  • quixotically — In a quixotic manner.
  • sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
  • 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.
  • toxic effect — an adverse effect of a drug produced by an exaggeration of the effect that produces the therapeutic response
  • toxicophobia — an intense fear of poisoning
  • toxigenicity — the quality of being toxigenic
  • toxocariasis — the infection of humans with the larvae of a genus of roundworms, Toxocara, of dogs and cats. It can cause swelling of the liver and, sometimes, damage to the eyes
  • toxophilitic — of or relating to a person who loves archery
  • uranic oxide — uranium dioxide.
  • vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
  • vexillologic — of or relating to vexillology
  • voix celeste — an organ stop having for each note two pipes tuned to slightly different pitches and producing a wavering, gentle tone.
  • vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
  • waxed cotton — cotton that is treated with wax to make it waterproof
  • x chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
  • 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.
  • x-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
  • xanthochroia — a condition causing yellow patches on the skin similar to xanthoma
  • xanthochroid — of, relating to, or designating races having light-coloured hair and a pale complexion
  • xenocurrency — currency circulating or traded in money markets of countries outside its country of issue.
  • xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
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