14-letter words containing e, n, t, r, p
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- 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
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- erythropoietin — A hormone secreted by the kidneys that increases the rate of production of red blood cells in response to falling levels of oxygen in the tissues.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- espírito santo — a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic: swampy coastal plain with mountains in the west; heavily forested. Capital: Vitória. Pop: 3 201 722 (2002). Area: 45 597 sq km (17 601 sq miles)
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- 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.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
- export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
- export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extraplanetary — Originating, or located outside of a planet.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fiddle pattern — a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines.