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14-letter words containing e, d, m

  • electron model — (electronics)   A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
  • emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
  • emergency ward — a ward in a hospital that deals with patients who need emergency treatment
  • eminent domain — government seizure of property
  • empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • 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.
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • epigrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • expanded metal — an open mesh of metal produced by stamping out alternating slots in a metal sheet and stretching it into an open pattern. It is used for reinforcing brittle or friable materials and in fencing
  • extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
  • fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
  • fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
  • faute de mieux — for lack of anything better
  • feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
  • feel compelled — If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
  • field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • fiery-tempered — easily angered
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flame retarder — a material that, while not incombustible, does not itself maintain combustion without an external heat source and therefore retards the spread of fire
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
  • freedom riders — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
  • french academy — an association of 40 scholars and men and women of letters, established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language and establishing standards of proper usage.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
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