14-letter words containing l, a, r, e
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
- erotic capital — the influence and earning power a person has as a result of his or her sexual attractiveness
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
- exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- 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.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- exempli gratia — for the sake of example
- exercise class — an organized meeting in a gymnasium led by an instructor and involving various exercises designed to keep participants fit
- exhilaratingly — In a way that exhilarates.
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- 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
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
- external trade — foreign trade
- extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
- extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
- extracorporeal — Situated or occurring outside the body.
- extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.
- extraplanetary — Originating, or located outside of a planet.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- eyeball search — (jargon) (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
- fair-trade law — a state or federal law authorizing fair-trade agreements: repealed 1975.
- fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
- 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
- falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.