14-letter words containing x, c
- oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
- par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
- paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- pax britannica — a peace imposed by Great Britain upon hostile nations, especially in the 19th century.
- peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- pre-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- 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.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
- semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- sensory cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
- sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
- 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 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
- tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
- text to speech — (application) (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
- thyrotoxicosis — Graves' disease.
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- unexpectedness — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- wessex culture — an early Bronze Age culture of southern England, 1800–1400 b.c., known only from grave sites, grave goods, and megaliths and considered responsible for erecting the sarsen stones of the third building phase of Stonehenge.
- xenobiological — Of or pertaining to xenobiology.
- xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.