17-letter words containing xi
- ambivalent sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- auxiliary storage — secondary storage.
- axis of abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
- axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- axis-of-abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
- axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- benevolent sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- calcium hydroxide — a white crystalline slightly soluble alkali with many uses, esp in cement, water softening, and the neutralization of acid soils. Formula: Ca(OH)2
- complexity theory — the study of complex systems, including subjects such as chaos theory and genetic algorithms
- convective mixing — Convective mixing is the action of mixing two groups of solid particles so that they are dispersed in each other.
- crucifixion thorn — one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.
- dark-complexioned — (of a person) having a dark complexion
- dimethylsulfoxide — DMSO.
- dionysius exiguus — died a.d. 556? Scythian monk, chronologist, and scholar: devised the current system of reckoning the Christian era.
- flexible response — a military strategy that enables the response to an attack to be adapted to the nature and strength of the attack
- hydrogen peroxide — a colorless, unstable, oily liquid, H 2 O 2 , an aqueous solution of which is used chiefly as an antiseptic and a bleaching agent.
- ichthyosarcotoxin — a term applied to any poison found in the flesh of poisonous fishes.
- independent axiom — in a set of axioms, one that cannot be proved by using the others in the set.
- ladies' auxiliary — an organization usually made up of the wives of members of another organization
- lexical insertion — the process in which actual morphemes of a language are substituted either for semantic material or for place-fillers in the course of a derivation of a sentence
- lexicographically — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lithium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.
- luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
- manganese dioxide — a blackish, crystalline or powdery substance, MnO2, that is a strong oxidizing agent, used in making batteries, matches, etc.
- maximum principle — the theorem that a function of a complex variable that is analytic in a domain and on its boundary attains its maximum absolute value on the boundary.
- maximum seek time — (storage) (Or full stroke seek time) The time it takes to seek over all tracks, i.e., from the innermost to the outermost or vice versa. The maximum seek time gives a worst-case measure of the speed of the drive which is useful in some real-time applications where it is important that data flows continuously (such as video editing or CD recording).
- mexican hat dance — a dance performed by couples, consisting of eight measures during which the dancers kick out each foot alternately, followed by eight more measures during which they swing around with interlocking arms.
- mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
- monoamine oxidase — a copper-containing enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of monoamines. Abbreviation: MAO.
- nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
- nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
- paradoxical sleep — REM sleep.
- psychoprophylaxis — Lamaze method.
- reflexive pronoun — A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun such as 'myself' which refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause. For example, in the sentence 'He made himself a cup of tea', the reflexive pronoun 'himself' refers back to 'he'.
- tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
- xiao hinggan ling — mountain range in NE China running parallel to the Amur River: highest peak, 4,665 ft (1,422 m)
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