13-letter words containing x, r
- cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
- departure tax — Departure tax is a tax that airline passengers have to pay in order to use an airport.
- dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diving reflex — a reflex of humans, other mammals, reptiles, and birds, triggered by immersion in cold water, that slows the heart rate and diverts blood flow to the brain, heart, and lungs: serves to conserve oxygen until breathing resumes and to delay potential brain damage.
- dolly mixture — a mixture of small coloured sweets
- dorothy dixer — a parliamentary question asked by a member of the government so that the minister may give a prepared answer
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- enterotoxemia — Blood poisoning caused by an enterotoxin.
- ergotoxicosis — Ergotism.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- exaggeratedly — To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner.
- exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
- examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
- excalibur bug — (humour, programming) The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
- exchange rate — relative value of currency
- excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- excortication — the act of stripping off the outer layer, esp the bark from a tree
- excrescential — Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- exercise bike — exercise machine like a bicycle
- exercise book — An exercise book is a small book that students use for writing in.
- exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
- exhibitioners — Plural form of exhibitioner.
- exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
- exit strategy — In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expectoration — The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- expectorative — an expectorant medicine
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- experimenters — Plural form of experimenter.
- experimenting — Present participle of experiment.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- expert system — (artificial intelligence) A computer program that contains a knowledge base and a set of algorithms or rules that infer new facts from knowledge and from incoming data. An expert system is an artificial intelligence application that uses a knowledge base of human expertise to aid in solving problems. The degree of problem solving is based on the quality of the data and rules obtained from the human expert. Expert systems are designed to perform at a human expert level. In practice, they will perform both well below and well above that of an individual expert. The expert system derives its answers by running the knowledge base through an inference engine, a software program that interacts with the user and processes the results from the rules and data in the knowledge base. Expert systems are used in applications such as medical diagnosis, equipment repair, investment analysis, financial, estate and insurance planning, route scheduling for delivery vehicles, contract bidding, counseling for self-service customers, production control and training.
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.