14-letter words containing x, l
- epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
- exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- excess luggage — luggage that is greater in weight or in number of pieces than an airline, etc, will carry free
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
- exempli gratia — for the sake of example
- exercise class — an organized meeting in a gymnasium led by an instructor and involving various exercises designed to keep participants fit
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- exhilaratingly — In a way that exhilarates.
- existentialism — A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
- existentialist — A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- expanded metal — an open mesh of metal produced by stamping out alternating slots in a metal sheet and stretching it into an open pattern. It is used for reinforcing brittle or friable materials and in fencing
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- 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.
- expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
- experienceless — without experience; inexperienced
- 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
- exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
- exploitatively — In an exploitative manner.
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- explosion shot — a shot used in hitting a ball from a sand trap, in which the sand just behind the ball rather than the ball itself is struck with full force
- export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
- expose oneself — to display one's sexual organs in public
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
- expressionless — (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional.
- extended algol — (language) An extension of ALGOL 60, used to write the ESPOL compiler on the Burroughs B5500, Burroughs B6500, and Burroughs B6700.
- extensibleness — The quality of being extensible.
- 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
- external trade — foreign trade
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
- extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
- extracorporeal — Situated or occurring outside the body.
- extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.