14-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
- electrosensory — Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- emblematically — In an emblematic manner.
- emergency exit — door, way out
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- empathetically — In an empathetic way.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- 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
- endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
- epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
- epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
- equity account — An equity account is an account recording ownership interests in a company.
- equity capital — Finance
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
- erythropoietic — Of or pertaining to erythropoiesis.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
- etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- excitotoxicity — The continuous stimulation of a nerve cell by a neurotransmitter, especially by glutamates.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- 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.
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- factory worker — manufacturing labourer
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- faraday effect — the rotation of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light as the light passes through certain isotropic media in the direction of a strong magnetic field in which the medium is placed.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- fertility cult — a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.