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14-letter words containing c, a, s, i

  • esterification — A reaction of an alcohol with an acid to produce an ester and water.
  • eta conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
  • exercise class — an organized meeting in a gymnasium led by an instructor and involving various exercises designed to keep participants fit
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
  • extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
  • extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
  • extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
  • eye specialist — ophthalmologist
  • fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
  • face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
  • facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
  • factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
  • fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • fantasticality — The quality of being fantastical.
  • fantastication — the act of making fantastic
  • fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
  • fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
  • fatalistically — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
  • fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
  • fire insurance — insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.
  • fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
  • first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
  • fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • free-associate — to engage in free association.
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