10-letter words containing x, e, n, i, c
- expunction — The act of expunging or erasing.
- extinction — The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.
- extinctive — Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
- extracting — Present participle of extract.
- extraction — The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- in context — If something is seen in context or if it is put into context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.
- income tax — a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.
- index card — a card, often relatively small, as 3 × 5 inches (7.6 × 12.7 cm), used in noting or recording information and usually filed in an index.
- index case — the first case of a disease, or the primary case referred to in a report
- inexpected — Obsolete form of unexpected.
- inexplicit — not explicit or clear; not clearly stated.
- innocent x — (Giambattista Pamfili) 1574–1655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1644–55.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- intoxicate — to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- new mexico — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- next, inc. — (company) The company founded by Steve Jobs [in ?] following his involuntary departure from Apple Computer, Inc.. NeXT produced both the hardware and operating system (NEXTSTEP). They changed their name to "NeXT Software" when they stopped making hardware and released NEXTSTEP For Intel processors. The company was bought by Apple in 1997(?).
- nonlexical — Not lexical.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- sex clinic — a health centre where people can go for advice about sexual matters, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, etc
- unexacting — not exacting; relaxed rather than sternly precise
- unexciting — producing excitement; stirring; thrilling: an exciting account of his trip to Tibet.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- xenic acid — the aqueous solution of xenon trioxide, a stable weak acid and strong oxidizing agent.
- xenobiotic — a chemical or substance that is foreign to an organism or biological system.
- xenogeneic — Denoting, relating to, or involving tissues or cells belonging to individuals of different species.
- xenolithic — Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- zinc oxide — a white insoluble powder used as a pigment in paints (zinc white or Chinese white), cosmetics, glass, and printing inks. It is an antiseptic and astringent and is used in making zinc ointment. Formula: ZnO