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12-letter words containing x, e, n, a

  • inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
  • oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
  • over-anxious — excessively anxious.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
  • pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
  • pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
  • pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
  • paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
  • plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
  • praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
  • reflex angle — an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
  • sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
  • serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
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