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13-letter words containing x

  • midterm exams — exams taken during the middle of a term in a school, university, etc
  • mine examiner — an official who inspects a mine to ensure compliance with safety requirements.
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • mix and match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
  • mix-and-match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
  • mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
  • mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
  • mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
  • mixed economy — an economy in which there are elements of both public and private enterprise.
  • mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
  • mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
  • mixter-maxter — chaotic or confused
  • morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
  • murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
  • mycotoxicosis — poisoning resulting from exposure to fungal toxins.
  • neo-orthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
  • neurotoxicity — the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue.
  • nitrous oxide — a colorless, sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble gas, N 2 O, that sometimes produces a feeling of exhilaration when inhaled: used chiefly as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery, in the manufacture of chemicals, and as an aerosol.
  • non-excitable — easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.
  • non-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • non-executive — Someone who has a non-executive position in a company or organization gives advice but is not responsible for making decisions or ensuring that decisions are carried out.
  • non-existence — absence of existence.
  • nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
  • nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
  • nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
  • nonintoxicant — a substance that is not an intoxicant
  • normal matrix — a square matrix A for which AA* = A*A, where A* is the Hermitian conjugate of A
  • oak wax scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
  • obnoxiousness — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
  • offertory box — the box or container where worshippers' put their offerings (usually money)
  • oligosiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any polysiloxane having a relatively small number of -Si-O- groups.
  • one's sixties — the ages between 60–69
  • onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
  • opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
  • 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.
  • orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
  • osa extension — (OSAX) Any extension to Macintosh OSA.
  • over-exercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • over-exerting — to exert excessively.
  • overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
  • overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
  • overextension — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
  • overexuberant — effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • oxford theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1550–1604.
  • oxygen effect — the increased sensitivity to radiation of living organisms, tissues, etc, when they are exposed in the presence of oxygen
  • 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.
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