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19-letter words containing x, c

  • hydroxybenzoic acid — Hydroxybenzoic acid is the active ingredient in a number of drugs, for example, aspirin. Hydroxybenzoic acid is also used as a preservative.
  • hydroxybutyric acid — ketone body.
  • hydroxydaunorubicin — Doxorubicin.
  • incidental expenses — costs outside those budgeted
  • index of refraction — a number indicating the speed of light in a given medium as either the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the given medium (absolute index of refraction) or the ratio of the speed of light in a specified medium to that in the given medium (relative index of refraction) Symbol: n.
  • index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
  • inferiority complex — Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness.
  • isokinetic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting, pulling, or pushing variable weight or resistance at a constant speed.
  • james clerk maxwell — Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.
  • medical examination — physical examination
  • mexican bean beetle — a ladybird beetle, Epilachna varivestis, introduced into the U.S. from Mexico, that feeds on the foliage of the bean plant.
  • multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
  • negative income tax — a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it.
  • oxidation-reduction — a chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxidized and the other reduced.
  • oxyacetylene burner — a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
  • parathyroid extract — an aqueous preparation obtained from the parathyroid gland of cattle, used in medicine chiefly in cases of parathyroid deficiency and in veterinary medicine in the treatment of tetanic convulsions.
  • performance anxiety — the stage fright that a person feels when they are about to perform (a play, piece of music etc) in front of an audience
  • peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
  • persecution complex — an acute irrational fear that other people are plotting one's downfall and that they are responsible for one's failures
  • polycarboxylic acid — a type of carboxylic acid containing two or more carboxyl groups
  • reciprocal exchange — an unincorporated association formed so that its members can participate in reciprocal insurance.
  • relocation expenses — Relocation expenses are a sum of money that a company pays to someone who moves to a new area in order to work for the company. The money is to help them pay for moving house.
  • risk excess of loss — Risk excess of loss is a type of reinsurance that is given to an insurer to protect against a single loss or risk incurred at a specified amount.
  • setting-up exercise — any of a set of exercises, as deep knee bends and push-ups, for improving one's posture, muscle tone, or limberness, or for reducing one's weight.
  • sexual inter-course — genital contact, especially the insertion of the penis into the vagina followed by orgasm; coitus; copulation.
  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
  • symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
  • synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
  • the executive suite — the offices of the top managers
  • to the exclusion of — If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
  • transparent context — an expression in which any term may be replaced by another with the same reference without changing its truth-value
  • twenty-six counties — the counties of the Republic of Ireland
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • vitamin b (complex) — a group of unrelated water-soluble vitamins found in liver, yeast, etc., including: a) vitamin B1 (see thiamine) b) vitamin B2 (see riboflavin) c) vitamin B6 (see pyridoxine) d) nicotinic acid e) pantothenic acid f) biotin g) inositol h) para-aminobenzoic acid i) choline j) folic acid k) vitamin B12 a complex vitamin, C63H90N14O14PCo, containing trivalent cobalt, essential for the normal maturation of erythrocytes, and for normal growth and neurological function, and used esp. in treating pernicious anemia and as an animal feed supplement
  • xt bus architecture — (hardware, architecture)   (After the IBM PC XT) An eight-bit ISA bus architecture used by Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 systems in the IBM PC and IBM PC XT in the 1980s. It predates the 16-bit ISA architecture used on the Intel 80286 based machines. The XT bus has four DMA channels, of which three are brought out to the expansion slots. Of these three, two are normally allocated to machine functions: DMA channel Expansion Standard function 0 No {dynamic RAM} refresh 1 Yes add-on cards 2 Yes {floppy disk} controller 3 Yes {hard disc} controller (1997-09-15)
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