12-letter words containing l, e, a, t
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elasticities — Plural form of elasticity.
- electability — The capability of a candidate to be elected.
- electric arc — arc (sense 3)
- electric ray — any ray of the order Torpediniformes, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flat rounded body with an electric organ in each of the fins, close to the head
- electrically — In an electric manner; by means of electricity.
- electricians — Plural form of electrician.
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- elementarily — In an elementary way.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- elicitations — Plural form of elicitation.
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- elizabeth ii — born 1926, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1952; daughter of George VI
- elliptically — In the form of an ellipse.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embattlement — (countable) A battlement.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblematical — See emblematic.
- emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- emotionality — The state or quality of being emotional.
- emotionalize — To give something an emotional quality.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- en papillote — (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
- enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- enamel paint — a type of paint that has a very hard and shiny finish once it is dry
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis