14-letter words containing a, s, m, l
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- e-mail address — electronic mail address
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- economicalness — The quality of being economical.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- 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.
- 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.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- 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)
- first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flame arrester — A flame arrester is a device which stops a flame from spreading along a pipe or tube.
- 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
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- flotsam-jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- friar's balsam — a compound containing benzoin, mixed with hot water, and used as an inhalant to relieve colds and sore throats
- 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.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling