13-letter words containing x, l, i, n
- non-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- normal matrix — a square matrix A for which AA* = A*A, where A* is the Hermitian conjugate of A
- oligosiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any polysiloxane having a relatively small number of -Si-O- groups.
- oral examiner — someone who administers oral exams
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- oxymetazoline — a sympathomimetic drug, C 1 6 H 2 4 N 2 O, used as a topical, long-lasting nasal decongestant.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- reflexiveness — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- self-existent — existing independently of any cause, as God.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
- unexclusively — in an unexclusive manner
- unexemplified — not exemplified; not clarified by example
- unexplainable — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- unexplainably — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- wilcoxon test — a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
- xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron