14-letter words containing x, e, n, i
- nitrogen oxide — chemical compound of oxygen and nitrogen
- nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- non-expiration — a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
- non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- non-extensible — capable of being extended.
- non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
- nonexistential — not existential
- nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
- organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
- overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
- overextraction — excessive extraction
- ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- pre-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- pre-experiment — occurring, existing, or implemented prior to beginning an experiment
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
- semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
- sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
- sixteenth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note.
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
- tax concession — tax reduction
- tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
- tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
- text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- trial examiner — a person appointed to hold hearings and report findings and recommendations to an administrative or quasi-judicial agency or tribunal.
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.