14-letter words containing a, t, r, e
- eastern thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- easternization — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- econometrician — Someone who studies economies with a view to mathematics.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electoral roll — list of registered voters
- electoral vote — the number of electors that each state or federal district is allowed to have
- electric chair — execution apparatus
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electric razor — an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
- electrocaloric — (physics) Describing the effect of an applied electric field on the temperature of some materials.
- electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electrolytical — Dated form of electrolytic.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromotance — an electromotive force
- electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electrostatics — The study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
- electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
- electrotreater — An electrotreater is a type of coalescer in which droplets are charged electrically to increase their attraction to each other.
- electrovalence — Alternative form of electrovalency.
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- elephant's-ear — any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- elevated train — a train that runs on an elevated railway
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- eleventh grade — the eleventh year of school, when students are 16 or 17 years old
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system