14-letter words containing x, e, n, i, a
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion card — (hardware) A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
- expansion slot — (hardware) A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
- expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- exponentiation — The operation of raising one quantity to the power of another.
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extensionality — extensional equality
- exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
- extra dividend — a dividend paid to stockholders in addition to the regular dividend.
- extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- extraordinaire — Outstanding or remarkable in a particular capacity.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- extravasations — Plural form of extravasation.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
- inexcitability — The quality of being inexcitable.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- inexterminable — Impossible to exterminate.
- intermaxillary — Between the maxillae.
- internal exile — a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- intertextually — In an intertextual way.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- mail exchanger — (messaging) A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- methylxanthine — a compound formed through the methylation of xanthine, such as caffeine or theophylline
- mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
- mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.