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15-letter words containing x, e, n, i

  • inexcusableness — The quality of being inexcusable.
  • inexpensiveness — The state or quality of being inexpensive.
  • inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
  • infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
  • interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
  • intertextuality — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical meaning — the meaning of a base morpheme.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
  • living expenses — money spent on basic needs
  • magnesium oxide — magnesia.
  • manganese oxide — a type of metallic oxide used to colour glass purple
  • matrix sentence — Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
  • mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
  • microextraction — (chemistry) A technique used to extract small amounts of material from a mixture.
  • mixolydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G.
  • neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
  • next to no time — a very short time
  • next to nothing — very little
  • nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
  • nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • non-flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • 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
  • over-excitement — to excite too much.
  • over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • oxidation state — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
  • 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.
  • peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
  • pentium ii xeon — (processor)   The successor to Intel Corporation's Pentium II processor. The Xeon has the same P6 core as existing Pentium Pro/Pentium II units, but it supports a 100 MHz system bus and offers as much as 2 MB of level 2 cache.
  • peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
  • 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)
  • photoexcitation — the creation of an increase in energy in atoms, molecules or ions caused by the absorption of a photon
  • pixels per inch — (unit, graphics)   (ppi) The unit used to measure resolution of a bitmap display or video input device.
  • post-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
  • prefix notation — (language)   (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
  • prepaid expense — A prepaid expense is an expense that has been paid for before it is incurred, and that is treated as an asset.
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