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14-letter words containing x, o

  • next door (to) — in, at, or to the next house, building, etc. (adjacent to)
  • 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-contextual — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
  • 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.
  • non-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
  • nonexistential — not existential
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • 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.
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • orthomyxovirus — Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
  • other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
  • otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
  • out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  • out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • 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
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parallel axiom — the axiom in Euclidean geometry that only one line can be drawn through a given point so that the line is parallel to a given line that does not contain the point.
  • peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • plumbous oxide — litharge.
  • polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
  • 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
  • postfix syntax — postfix notation
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
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