14-letter words containing e, a, s, t, u
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dust and ashes — something that is very disappointing
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
- east-southeast — the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- educated guess — informed estimate
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- encaustic tile — a tile produced using the encaustic technique
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- 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.
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- exhaustiveness — The state of being exhaustive.
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- extraneousness — The state of being extraneous or inessential and irrelevant; extrinsic.
- 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.
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- feather duster — a brush for dusting, made of a bundle of large feathers attached to a short handle.
- fiesta taurina — fiesta de toros.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- file signature — A magic number.
- fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.