11-letter words containing s, e, t, x
- intel 486sx — (processor) An Intel 486DX microprocessor with its floating-point unit disconnected. All 486SX chips were fabricated with FPUs. If testing showed that the CPU was OK but the FPU was defective, the FPU's power and bus connections were destroyed with a laser and the chip was sold cheaper as an SX, if the FPU worked it was sold as a DX. Some systems, e.g. Aopen 486SX, allowed a DX to be plugged into an expansion socket. A board jumper would disable the SX which was hard to remove because it was surface mounted. Some SX chips only had a 16-bit wide external data bus. The DX has a pin to select the data bus width (16 or 32). On the smaller SX, that line is hard-wired to 16 inside the package. This is similar to the 286 SX, which was a 16-bit processor with an 8-bit external data bus. The Jargon File claimed that the SX was deliberately disabled crippleware. The German computer magazine, "c't", made this same theory the basis of an April Fools Joke. They claimed that if one drilled a hole of a specified diameter through the right point on a SX chip, this would brake the circuit that disables the FPU. Some people actually tried (and then bought themselves new processors).
- intel 487sx — (processor) A version of the Intel 486DX microprocessor with an extra pin, for use in the coprocessor socket of an Intel 486SX system. The 487SX provides the FPU which is missing in the 486SX. Although the 486SX is completely disabled when you install a 487SX, the 487SX design requires that you leave the 486SX in your PC [why?], rather than use it elsewhere. Intel admits that in some systems you can unplug the 486SX and fit a 487SX in its place but they don't guarantee that it will always work. See Intel 486.
- intersexual — existing between the sexes; done or used by both sexes: an intersexual tennis competition.
- intoxicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate.
- intrasexual — Within a group of individuals of the same sex.
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- letterboxes — Plural form of letterbox.
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- multiplexes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiplex.
- myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
- myxomycetes — Plural form of myxomycete.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- next door's — You can use next door's to indicate that something belongs to the person or people who live in the house to the right or left of your own.
- nonexistant — Misspelling of nonexistent.
- nonexistent — absence of existence.
- nonexisting — Nonexistent.
- orthodoxies — Plural form of orthodoxy.
- overexcites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexcite.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- oxenstierna — Count Axel [ahk-suh l] /ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- preexistent — to exist beforehand.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- set-top box — television signal converter
- seventy-six — a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
- sex partner — a person with whom you have had sex
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sex-limited — (of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.
- sex-starved — deprived of sexual gratification
- sextodecimo — sixteenmo (def 1).
- sioux state — a nickname of the state of North Dakota.
- six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
- six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
- sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
- sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
- sixth sense — a power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition: His sixth sense warned him to be cautious.
- sixty-eight — a cardinal number, 60 plus 8.
- sixty-seven — a cardinal number, 60 plus 7.
- sixty-three — a cardinal number, 60 plus 3.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.