12-letter words containing x, s
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flexibleness — The state or quality of being flexible.
- flexuousness — The state or condition of being flexuous.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hexasiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having six -Si-O- groups.
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- in excess of — more than
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inexpansible — unable to be expanded
- inexpertness — Want of expertise or skill.
- inexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression.
- inextensible — not extensible; incapable of being extended or stretched.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- lascaux cave — a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.).
- laxadaisical — Misspelling of lackadaisical.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.