12-letter words containing s, e, t, x
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inexpertness — Want of expertise or skill.
- inextensible — not extensible; incapable of being extended or stretched.
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
- myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxomycetous — of or relating to a slime mold.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- ninety-sixth — next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96.
- non-existent — absence of existence.
- non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
- nonexistence — absence of existence.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- opposite sex — man if woman, woman if man
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- perplexities — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- postexposure — occurring after a photo or image has been taken
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- 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.