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16-letter words containing x, e

  • irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
  • junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
  • keyword indexing — the process of constructing or compiling an index to a document or other item by using keywords that describe the item.
  • ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
  • law of exponents — the theorem stating the elementary properties of exponents, as the property that the product of the same bases, each raised to an exponent, is equal to the base raised to the sum of the exponents: xa ⋅ xb = xa + b .
  • lexical analyser — (language)   (Or "scanner") The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis.
  • lexical analysis — (programming)   (Or "linear analysis", "scanning") The first stage of processing a language. The stream of characters making up the source program or other input is read one at a time and grouped into lexemes (or "tokens") - word-like pieces such as keywords, identifiers, literals and punctuation. The lexemes are then passed to the parser.
  • lexicostatistics — the statistical study of the vocabulary of a language or languages for historical purposes.
  • lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
  • linux user group — (body, operating system)   (LUG) Any organisation of Linux users in a local area, university, etc., that offers mutual technical support, companionship with people of similar interests and promotes the use of Linux among computer users generally. LUGs often hold Install Fests for the general public, in which experienced Linux users explain and supervise the installation of Linux on new users' systems.
  • lost-wax process — a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.
  • mad as a meataxe — raving
  • marxism-leninism — the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressing that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism
  • mason-dixon line — the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, partly surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line of demarcation between free and slave states.
  • matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
  • maximilien sully — Maximilien de Béthune [mak-see-mee-lyan duh bey-tyn] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ də beɪˈtün/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.
  • maximum-security — designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.
  • medical examiner — a physician or other person trained in medicine who is appointed by a city, county, or the like, to perform autopsies on the bodies of persons supposed to have died from unnatural causes and to investigate the cause and circumstances of such deaths.
  • mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
  • mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • mexican-american — Also, Mexican American. a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Mexican birth or descent; Chicano.
  • mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
  • mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system)   (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
  • neapolitan sixth — (in musical harmony) a chord composed of the subdominant of the key, plus a minor third and a minor sixth. Harmonically it is equivalent to the first inversion of a major chord built upon the flattened supertonic
  • nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
  • no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
  • non-experiential — pertaining to or derived from experience.
  • non-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
  • obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • open box testing — white box testing
  • osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
  • over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • overexcitability — to excite too much.
  • overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
  • oxaloacetic acid — a crystalline organic acid, C 4 H 4 O 5 , that is an important intermediate in the Krebs cycle, where it is formed by the oxidation of malic acid and is acetylated to form citric acid: also a product of transamination reactions of aspartic acid.
  • oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • parallel sysplex — (operating system)   A Sysplex that uses one or more coupling facilities.
  • phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
  • phenoxybenzamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 8 H 2 2 ClNO, used to dilate vascular peripheral blood vessels in the treatment of Raynaud's disease and in pheochromocytoma.
  • presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
  • prevost d'exiles — Antoine François [ahn-twan frahn-swa] /ɑ̃ˈtwan frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Abbé Prévost") 1697–1763, French novelist.
  • proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
  • proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
  • query by example — (database, language)   (QBE) A user-friendly query language developed by Moshé Zloof of IBM in 1975.
  • radiant exitance — the ability of a surface to emit radiation expressed as the radiant flux emitted per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • rate of exchange — exchange rate.
  • recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
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