15-letter words containing e, c, a
- endocannabinoid — An endogenous cannabinoid, that is one produced by the body.
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- endocrine gland — anatomy: hormone-secreting gland
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
- english channel — waterway between England and France
- enterobacterial — relating to enterobacteria
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- entrance permit — a permit issued by the government of a country allowing nationals of other countries to enter
- entrance ticket — a ticket allowing the bearer to go into a place, such as a museum, monument, etc
- epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
- epicyclic train — a cluster of gears consisting of a central gearwheel with external teeth (the sun), a coaxial gearwheel of greater diameter with internal teeth (the annulus), and one or more planetary gears engaging with both of them to provide a large gear ratio in a compact space
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- eric conspiracy — (person, humour) A shadowy group of moustachioed hackers named Eric first pinpointed as a sinister conspiracy by an infamous talk.bizarre posting ca. 1986. This was doubtless influenced by the numerous "Eric" jokes in the Monty Python oeuvre. There do indeed seem to be considerably more moustachioed Erics in hackerdom than the frequency of these three traits can account for unless they are correlated in some arcane way. Well-known examples include Eric Allman (of the "Allman style" described under indent style), Erik Fair (co-author of NNTP), Eric S. Raymond and about fifteen others. The organisation line "Eric Conspiracy Secret Laboratories" now emanates regularly from more than one site.
- eric s. raymond — (person) One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
- errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
- escape sequence — (character) (Or "escape code") A series of characters starting with the escape character (ASCII 27). Escape sequences are often used to control display devices such as VDUs. An escape sequence might change the colour of subsequent text, reassign keys on the keyboard, change printer settings or reposition the cursor. The escape sequences of the DEC vt100 video terminal have become a de facto standard for this purpose. The term is also used for any sequence of characters that temporarily suspends normal processing of a stream of characters to perform some special function. For example, the Hayes modem uses the sequence "+++" to escape to command mode in which characters are interpreted as commands to the modem itself rather than as data to pass through.
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- eta abstraction — eta conversion
- etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
- ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- eurocheque card — a card that must be shown along with Eurocheques when using them to pay for goods or services. Eurocheque cards were withdrawn in 2002
- eustachian tube — part of the ear
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- every which way — Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods.
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
- excess capacity — unused production capacity
- exchange server — Microsoft Exchange
- exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
- excommunicating — Present participle of excommunicate.
- excommunication — The act of excommunicating or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- excursion train — a train that is laid on for a special occasion such as a sports or cultural event
- executive board — administrative committee
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- expense account — account for expenses
- extended pascal — A superset of ANSI and ISO Pascal with many enhancements, including modules, separate compilation, type schemata, variable-length strings, direct-access files, complex numbers, initial values, constant expressions. ANSI/IEEE770X3.160-1989 and ISO 10206.
- extensification — The process of making something (more) extensive.
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extracellularly — In an extracellular manner.
- extracurricular — (of an activity at a school or college) Pursued in addition to the normal course of study.
- extradictionary — (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.