10-letter words containing e, x, c
- expectedly — In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
- expedience — (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
- expediency — The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
- experience — Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
- explicable — Able to be accounted for or understood.
- explicably — in an explicable manner
- explicated — Simple past tense and past participle of explicate.
- explicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate.
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- explicitly — In an explicit manner.
- expunction — The act of expunging or erasing.
- extinction — The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.
- extinctive — Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
- extractant — a solvent used in the extraction of a substance from a liquid
- extracting — Present participle of extract.
- extraction — The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
- extractive — Of or involving extraction, especially the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal.
- extractors — Plural form of extractor.
- extricable — Able to be extricated.
- extricated — Simple past tense and past participle of extricate.
- extricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extricate.
- exuberance — The quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience.
- exuberancy — Archaic form of exuberance.
- exulcerate — ulcerated
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- in context — If something is seen in context or if it is put into context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.
- income tax — a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.
- index card — a card, often relatively small, as 3 × 5 inches (7.6 × 12.7 cm), used in noting or recording information and usually filed in an index.
- index case — the first case of a disease, or the primary case referred to in a report
- inexpected — Obsolete form of unexpected.
- inexplicit — not explicit or clear; not clearly stated.
- innocent x — (Giambattista Pamfili) 1574–1655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1644–55.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- intoxicate — to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- jockey box — a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- lexicalise — Alternative spelling of lexicalize.
- lexicality — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexicalize — to convert (an affix, a phrase, etc.) into a lexical item, as in using the suffix -ism as the noun ism.
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- mixed acid — any mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, used as a nitrating agent in the manufacture of explosives, plastics, etc.