14-letter words containing a, l, m, n, e
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- 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.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- 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
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
- farmer-general — (in France, under the old monarchy) a member of a company of capitalists that farmed certain taxes.
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- ferry terminal — docking area for passenger boats
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- fireman's lift — a method of carrying a person, in which you put one shoulder into the person's midriff, lift them and carry them with their head arms and upper torso hanging down your back while you grip their legs with one hand (leaving your other hand free to hold the ladder as you climb down)
- flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
- flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gaming licence — a licence that allows an establishment, business, club, etc, to offer games that can be played for money
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- gerald sussman — (person) (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
- german measles — rubella.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- gone a million — done for; sunk
- gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.