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12-letter words containing x, u

  • inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
  • intermixture — a mass of ingredients mixed together.
  • intertextual — 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.
  • intertexture — the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
  • ixtaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
  • junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
  • ku klux klan — U.S. History. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  • 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.).
  • latex rubber — rubber used to make many products such as gloves, condoms, etc, and which is made from latex, a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants
  • leakage-flux — an act of leaking; leak.
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • linux loader — (operating system)   (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
  • 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.
  • luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
  • luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • maximum card — a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.
  • metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
  • metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
  • mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
  • multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
  • multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
  • myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
  • myxomycetous — of or relating to a slime mold.
  • neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
  • neutron flux — the rate of flow of neutrons through a specified area
  • nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • nonexecution — Failure to execute or perform.
  • nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
  • nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
  • nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
  • nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
  • nuxi problem — (data, architecture)   /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
  • open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
  • over-anxious — excessively anxious.
  • overexposure — excessive exposure, especially of photographic film or a sensitized plate to light rays.
  • oxford group — an organization founded at Oxford University in 1921 by Frank Buchman, advocating absolute morality in public and private life.
  • oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
  • pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
  • pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
  • pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
  • paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • postexposure — occurring after a photo or image has been taken
  • psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
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