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12-letter words containing x, a, n

  • hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
  • indexicality — (philosophy) The quality or state of being indexical.
  • indirect tax — a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
  • inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
  • inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
  • inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
  • inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
  • inexpansible — unable to be expanded
  • inexpectancy — a lack or absence of expectancy; the state of being inexpectant
  • inexplicable — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • inexplicably — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
  • inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
  • inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • infix syntax — infix notation
  • inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
  • intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
  • intertextual — 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.
  • intexticated — (of a driver) distracted while writing or reading a text message on a mobile phone
  • intoxicating — Archaic. intoxicated.
  • intoxication — inebriation; drunkenness.
  • intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
  • ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
  • ku klux klan — U.S. History. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  • laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
  • linux loader — (operating system)   (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
  • magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
  • maximilian i — 1459–1519, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1493–1519.
  • maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
  • maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
  • mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
  • mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
  • mexican onyx — a translucent, banded variety of calcite, used for ornamental and decorative pieces.
  • mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
  • mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
  • mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
  • morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
  • negative tax — a payment by the State to a person with a low income, the magnitude of the payment increasing as the income decreases. It is regarded as a form of social welfare
  • neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
  • nonexpansile — Not expansile.
  • nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
  • nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
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