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14-letter words containing x, a, n

  • non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  • non-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
  • nonexistential — not existential
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
  • pax britannica — a peace imposed by Great Britain upon hostile nations, especially in the 19th century.
  • peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • postfix syntax — postfix notation
  • principal axis — Optics. a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror.
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
  • set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
  • take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
  • tax accountant — an accountant who specializes in taxation and in the preparation of company and individual accounts
  • tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
  • the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
  • trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
  • transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • trial examiner — a person appointed to hold hearings and report findings and recommendations to an administrative or quasi-judicial agency or tribunal.
  • unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
  • unitary matrix — a square matrix that is the inverse of its Hermitian conjugate
  • vernal equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
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