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14-letter words containing e, l, i, c, o

  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
  • epicontinental — Denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • epizootiologic — relating to epizootiology
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
  • erotic capital — the influence and earning power a person has as a result of his or her sexual attractiveness
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • 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
  • etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • 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.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
  • extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
  • fellow citizen — law: national of same country
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • ferroelectrics — Plural form of ferroelectric.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • field of force — the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it
  • filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
  • film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
  • 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.
  • flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • 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.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
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