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14-letter words containing e, c, h, o

  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
  • erythropoietic — Of or pertaining to erythropoiesis.
  • eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
  • ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • 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
  • etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
  • 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
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • exchange force — a force between two elementary particles resulting from the exchange of a virtual particle
  • exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • extractor hood — a fan used over a cooker to remove fumes
  • femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • 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.
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
  • fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
  • foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • for the record — officially, openly
  • force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
  • force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
  • free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
  • free of charge — having no cost
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • french morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • french oceania — former name of French Polynesia.
  • french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
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