11-letter words containing e, t, y, m
- embryectomy — the surgical removal of an embryo
- embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- emotionally — In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- emphyteutic — pertaining to emphyteusis
- employments — Plural form of employment.
- emulatively — So as to emulate.
- enterectomy — surgical excision of part of the intestine
- enterostomy — An ileostomy or similar surgical operation in which the small intestine is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall or in another part of the intestine.
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- epidemicity — The condition of being epidemic.
- epithymetic — characterized by desire
- erythraemia — polycythaemia vera
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- etymologies — Plural form of etymology.
- etymologise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of etymologize.
- etymologist — A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- etymologize — Give or trace the etymology of (a word).
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
- exclamatory — Of or relating to a sudden cry or remark, especially one expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
- exemplarity — The quality of being exemplary.
- exophthalmy — Archaic form of exophthalmia.
- extemporary — Extemporaneous.
- family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
- file system — (operating system) (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- fluorometry — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- flying time — the amount of time taken in flying in an aircraft from one place to another
- forepayment — prepayment
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- front money — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- fuel system — The fuel system in a vehicle is the combination of parts needed to carry fuel into and out of the engine.
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametically — in a gametic manner
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- gentlemanly — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.