13-letter words containing c, o, s, t, e
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- ectoparasites — Plural form of ectoparasite.
- ectoparasitic — Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
- ectosymbionts — Plural form of ectosymbiont.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- ejection seat — a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- electrometers — Plural form of electrometer.
- electron lens — a system, such as an arrangement of electrodes or magnets, that produces a field for focusing a beam of electrons
- electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- electroscopes — Plural form of electroscope.
- electrostatic — Of or relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- electrostrong — (physics) describing the combination of the electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- encompassment — The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
- ensorcellment — Enchantment, bewitchment.
- enterocolitis — Inflammation of both the small intestine and the colon.
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- equisetaceous — belonging to the family Equisetaceae
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- ergotoxicosis — Ergotism.
- escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- escort vessel — ship that accompanies another
- estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)