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14-letter words containing o, c, x

  • non-contextual — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
  • non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
  • postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • sensory cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
  • sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
  • tax accountant — an accountant who specializes in taxation and in the preparation of company and individual accounts
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • text to speech — (application)   (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
  • thyrotoxicosis — Graves' disease.
  • tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
  • to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
  • unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
  • watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool)   A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
  • xenobiological — Of or pertaining to xenobiology.
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
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