14-letter words containing g, e, s, t
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
- ecclesiologist — One versed in ecclesiology.
- educated guess — informed estimate
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
- electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- english setter — bird dog
- english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
- english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
- enterogastrone — a hormone liberated by the upper intestinal mucosa when stimulated by fat: reduces peristalsis and secretion in the stomach
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- epistemologies — Plural form of epistemology.
- epistemologist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- essentialising — Present participle of essentialise.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- evangelisation — Alternative spelling of evangelization.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- 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
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extension ring — a spacer element that can be fixed between the camera body and the lens to increase the distance between film and lens and allow closer focus than would be possible without it
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
- ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).