12-letter words containing i, l, u, s, e
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equilaterals — Plural form of equilateral.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- evolutionist — A person who believes in the theories of evolution and natural selection.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- felliniesque — referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted