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19-letter words containing x, e, n

  • government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
  • have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
  • hexafluoroplatinate — (chemistry) The univalent anion PtF6- prepared by reacting platinum hexafluoride with certain metals or other elements.
  • hydroxybenzoic acid — Hydroxybenzoic acid is the active ingredient in a number of drugs, for example, aspirin. Hydroxybenzoic acid is also used as a preservative.
  • hypomixolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D, with the final on G.
  • incidental expenses — costs outside those budgeted
  • index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
  • index of refraction — a number indicating the speed of light in a given medium as either the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the given medium (absolute index of refraction) or the ratio of the speed of light in a specified medium to that in the given medium (relative index of refraction) Symbol: n.
  • index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
  • inferiority complex — Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness.
  • isokinetic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting, pulling, or pushing variable weight or resistance at a constant speed.
  • magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
  • master of foxhounds — the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. Abbreviation: M.F.H.
  • medical examination — physical examination
  • medroxyprogesterone — a progesterone derivative, C 2 4 H 3 4 O 4 , used in the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding and secondary amenorrhea, as a contraceptive of long duration, and in the treatment of certain cancers.
  • mexican bean beetle — a ladybird beetle, Epilachna varivestis, introduced into the U.S. from Mexico, that feeds on the foliage of the bean plant.
  • molybdenum trioxide — a white, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble powder, MoO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of molybdenum compounds.
  • multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
  • negative income tax — a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it.
  • next door neighbour — a person who lives in the house, flat, etc, next to one's home
  • oxidation potential — (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which oxidation occurs.
  • oxidation-reduction — a chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxidized and the other reduced.
  • oxyacetylene burner — a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
  • performance anxiety — the stage fright that a person feels when they are about to perform (a play, piece of music etc) in front of an audience
  • persecution complex — an acute irrational fear that other people are plotting one's downfall and that they are responsible for one's failures
  • pointe-aux-trembles — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • reciprocal exchange — an unincorporated association formed so that its members can participate in reciprocal insurance.
  • relocation expenses — Relocation expenses are a sum of money that a company pays to someone who moves to a new area in order to work for the company. The money is to help them pay for moving house.
  • revenue expenditure — the amount of money spent by a business or organisation on general operating costs such as rent, insurance, heating, maintenance etc
  • setting-up exercise — any of a set of exercises, as deep knee bends and push-ups, for improving one's posture, muscle tone, or limberness, or for reducing one's weight.
  • sexual inter-course — genital contact, especially the insertion of the penis into the vagina followed by orgasm; coitus; copulation.
  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • sexual stereotyping — the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
  • sixteenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, authorizing Congress to levy a tax on incomes.
  • strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
  • synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
  • the boxer rebellion — an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 led by a nationalistic Chinese secret society against foreign interests in China
  • to the exclusion of — If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
  • translation of axes — the process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes, parallel to the first, used to write equations of curves not centered about the origin.
  • transparent context — an expression in which any term may be replaced by another with the same reference without changing its truth-value
  • travelling expenses — expenses that are paid to someone, for example, by their employer, for the costs they need to travel
  • twenty-six counties — the counties of the Republic of Ireland
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • vitamin b (complex) — a group of unrelated water-soluble vitamins found in liver, yeast, etc., including: a) vitamin B1 (see thiamine) b) vitamin B2 (see riboflavin) c) vitamin B6 (see pyridoxine) d) nicotinic acid e) pantothenic acid f) biotin g) inositol h) para-aminobenzoic acid i) choline j) folic acid k) vitamin B12 a complex vitamin, C63H90N14O14PCo, containing trivalent cobalt, essential for the normal maturation of erythrocytes, and for normal growth and neurological function, and used esp. in treating pernicious anemia and as an animal feed supplement
  • xenon tetrafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 4 , prepared by heating a gaseous mixture of fluorine and xenon.
  • xenotransplantation — xenograft.
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