12-letter words containing t, e, x, r
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
- 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.
- property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- rubber latex — the milky sap of any of several trees of the genus Hevea, especially H. brasiliensis, from which natural rubber is derived.
- running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
- 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.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- tax preparer — accountant hired to calculate taxes
- tax-deferred — noting or providing income that is not taxed until a later time.
- tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
- tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
- texas ranger — a member of the Texas state police force or, especially formerly, of the mounted state police.
- the fair sex — women collectively
- time-expired — (of a cheque) that has lapsed and is no longer valid
- trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transfer tax — a transaction fee imposed on the transfer of title to property
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- vortex depth — The vortex depth is the depth below an impeller at which its influence can still be seen in a mixed fluid.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xenoestrogen — (biochemistry) A xenohormone that imitates estrogen.
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.