15-letter words containing x, e
- ft-se 100 index — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
- gas-guzzler tax — a tax imposed on the purchase price of an automobile not meeting fuel efficiency standards.
- gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- hapax legomenon — a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
- heat exhaustion — a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
- heather mixture — cloth made from a mixture of different yarns, predominantly grey but with flecks of different colours
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- identity matrix — a matrix that has 1 in each position on the main diagonal and 0 in all other positions.
- in the box seat — in the best position
- inexcusableness — The quality of being inexcusable.
- inexpensiveness — The state or quality of being inexpensive.
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- intertextuality — 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.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- juice extractor — device: squeezes juice from fruit
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- kegel exercises — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lexical meaning — the meaning of a base morpheme.
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- living expenses — money spent on basic needs
- lord high fixer — [Primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Lord High Executioner"] The person in an organisation who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
- magnesium oxide — magnesia.
- manganese oxide — a type of metallic oxide used to colour glass purple
- manx shearwater — a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
- matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.