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15-letter words containing x, a, i

  • fatal exception — (programming, operating system)   A program execution error which is trapped by the operating system and which results in abrupt termination of the program. It may be possible for the program to catch some such errors, e.g. a floating point underflow; others, such as an invalid memory access (an attempt to write to read-only memory or an attempt to read memory outside of the program's address space), may always cause control to pass to the operating system without allowing the program an opportunity to handle the error. The details depend on the language's run-time system and the operating system. See also: fatal error.
  • fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
  • fixed satellite — a satellite in a geostationary orbit
  • gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
  • hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
  • hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
  • hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • heat exhaustion — a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
  • heather mixture — cloth made from a mixture of different yarns, predominantly grey but with flecks of different colours
  • heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
  • heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
  • homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
  • hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
  • hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
  • hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
  • hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
  • identity matrix — a matrix that has 1 in each position on the main diagonal and 0 in all other positions.
  • in the box seat — in the best position
  • inexcusableness — The quality of being inexcusable.
  • inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
  • infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
  • interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
  • intertextuality — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • juice extractor — device: squeezes juice from fruit
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical meaning — the meaning of a base morpheme.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
  • life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
  • low bandwidth x — (networking)   (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
  • magnesium oxide — magnesia.
  • manganese oxide — a type of metallic oxide used to colour glass purple
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • matrix sentence — Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
  • microextraction — (chemistry) A technique used to extract small amounts of material from a mixture.
  • mixolydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G.
  • mixture quality — Mixture quality is the degree to which a mixture is an ideal mixture.
  • modal auxiliary — Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood.
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