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14-letter words containing x, e, n

  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
  • other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
  • otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
  • out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
  • peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • petty expenses — small expenses incurred in the course of your work or studies
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • pre-experiment — occurring, existing, or implemented prior to beginning an experiment
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • semiminor axis — Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
  • sensory cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
  • set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
  • sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
  • sixteenth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note.
  • spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
  • superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
  • superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
  • sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
  • take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
  • tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
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