15-letter words containing x, a, n
- hapax legomenon — a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
- 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.
- hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- manx shearwater — a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
- 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.
- muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
- needle exchange — A needle exchange is a place where drug addicts are able to obtain new syringes in exchange for used ones.
- nomex underwear — /noh'meks uhn'-der-weir/ [Usenet] Synonym asbestos longjohns, used mostly in auto-related mailing lists and newsgroups. NOMEX underwear is an actual product available on the racing equipment market, used as a fire resistance measure and required in some racing series.
- non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- nonintoxicating — Not intoxicating; not causing drunkenness.
- nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
- overexpectation — excessive expectation
- overextravagant — excessively extravagant
- oxidation state — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
- oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
- oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
- oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
- peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.