14-letter words containing e, n, r
- elephant's-ear — any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- elevated train — a train that runs on an elevated railway
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- eleventh grade — the eleventh year of school, when students are 16 or 17 years old
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
- emergency exit — door, way out
- emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
- emergency room — hospital: casualty department
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- emergency ward — a ward in a hospital that deals with patients who need emergency treatment
- emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
- éminence grise — a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- enclosed order — a Christian religious order that does not permit its members to go into the outside world
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- 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.
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- 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.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endoradiosonde — an internally placed electronic device that relays information about conditions inside the body
- endurance race — long-distance motor sport competition
- endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
- energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- engler degrees — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the ratio of the time taken by a particular liquid to flow through a standard orifice to the time taken by water to flow through the same orifice
- english setter — bird dog
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- enteric-coated — An enteric-coated tablet is one that is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid, so that it does not dissolve in the stomach but allows release of the medication in the intestine.
- enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
- enterocentesis — a procedure that involves puncturing the intestine to withdraw fluid or gas
- enterogastrone — a hormone liberated by the upper intestinal mucosa when stimulated by fat: reduces peristalsis and secretion in the stomach
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- entertainingly — In an entertaining manner.
- entertainments — Plural form of entertainment.
- ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera