15-letter words containing o, x, a, l
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- mixolydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G.
- modal auxiliary — Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood.
- non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
- oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
- phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
- photoxylography — the process of using photography in order to produce an image on wood, for the use of a wood engraver
- polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
- portable pixmap — (file format) (PPM) A colour image file format. A PPM file contains the following: a two character "{magic number}" - "P3", the width in pixels, the height in pixels, the maximum colour component value, HEIGHT rows of WIDTH {pixels}. The rows are ordered from top to bottom with the pixels in each row ordered from left to right. Each pixel is represented as three values for red, green, and blue. All parts are separated by whitespace and numbers are in decimal ASCIII representation. A zero pixel component means that colour is absent. Characters from a "#" to the next end-of-line are ignored and no line should be longer than 70 characters. Here is an example of a small pixmap in this format: P3 # feep.ppm 4 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A "RAWBITS" variant has magic number "P6", pixel values are stored as plain binary bytes, instead of ASCII decimal and no whitespace is allowed after a single whitespace character after the maximum colour component value which must be less than or equal to 255.
- proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- relaxation time — the time that it takes for an exponentially decaying quantity, as radioactive particles or transient electrical currents, to decrease to 36.8 percent of its initial value.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
- sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
- superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.
- xenotransplants — Plural form of xenotransplant.
- xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
- xylotypographic — involving or pertaining to xylotypography
- zermelo's axiom — axiom of choice.