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14-letter words containing x, i

  • inflexibleness — The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
  • inframaxillary — (anatomy) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary.
  • interconnexion — Dated form of interconnection.
  • intermaxillary — Between the maxillae.
  • internal exile — a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.
  • intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
  • intertextually — In an intertextual way.
  • intoxicatingly — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
  • juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
  • kegel exercise — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
  • larixinic acid — maltol.
  • lead(ii) oxide — a poisonous insoluble oxide of lead existing in red and yellow forms: used in making glass, glazes, and cements, and as a pigment. Formula: PbO
  • lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
  • lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • logical syntax — syntactics.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
  • mercuric oxide — a slightly crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous compound, HgO, occurring as a coarse, orange-red powder (red mercuric oxide) or as a fine, orange-yellow powder (yellow mercuric oxide) used chiefly as a pigment in paints and as an antiseptic in pharmaceuticals.
  • metatextuality — A form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.
  • methylxanthine — a compound formed through the methylation of xanthine, such as caffeine or theophylline
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
  • mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
  • mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
  • minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
  • mixed blessing — something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.
  • mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
  • mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
  • mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
  • mixed marriage — a marriage between persons of different racial, ethnic, or religious groups, as between a black person and a white person or between a Christian and a Jew.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
  • mycotoxicology — the study of the toxic properties of fungi
  • nalidixic acid — a substance, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , that has antibacterial activity against many susceptible Gram-negative organisms, especially used in the treatment of urinary tract infections.
  • nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
  • nitrogen fixer — any of various microorganisms in the soil involved in the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • 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
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