14-letter words containing i, r, s, c
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eccentricities — an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct: an interesting man, known for his eccentricities.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- electric shock — electric current entering the body
- electric storm — a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- 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.
- electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
- electroosmosis — osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
- electrostatics — The study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- éminence grise — a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- enterocentesis — a procedure that involves puncturing the intestine to withdraw fluid or gas
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
- 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.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- exercise class — an organized meeting in a gymnasium led by an instructor and involving various exercises designed to keep participants fit
- exercise price — Finance. the fixed price at which a person can exercise an option to buy or sell something, especially in a call or put option.
- exercise video — a recorded television programme on which the presenter performs various keep-fit exercises, explaining how to perform each one, as the viewer joins in while watching
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- 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.
- experienceless — without experience; inexperienced
- extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
- extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous