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14-letter words containing i, n, c, o, s, e

  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • echinococcosis — a parasitic disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Echinococcosis
  • economicalness — The quality of being economical.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • 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.
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • enterocentesis — a procedure that involves puncturing the intestine to withdraw fluid or gas
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • esterification — A reaction of an alcohol with an acid to produce an ester and water.
  • eta conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
  • extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
  • fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
  • facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
  • factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
  • fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
  • fictitiousness — The state of being fictitious.
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
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