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14-letter words containing l, a, s, e

  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • e-mail address — electronic mail address
  • earl of surreyEarl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
  • earless lizard — any of several slender iguanid lizards of the genus Holbrookia, of the western U.S. and Mexico, that have no external ear opening.
  • earned surplus — retained earnings.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
  • east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 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.
  • ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
  • ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • economicalness — The quality of being economical.
  • ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
  • electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
  • electrostatics — The study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
  • elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
  • elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
  • elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
  • elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
  • elephant's-ear — any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • elevator shaft — passage for a lift
  • ellice islands — group of islands in the WC Pacific, north of Fiji: under British control, 1892-1978; name changed to Tuvalu in 1976 and as such became independent in 1978
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • encaustic tile — a tile produced using the encaustic technique
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
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