12-letter words containing l, e, r, o
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- electioneers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electioneer.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- 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
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
- electrogenic — Pf or pertaining to electrogenesis.
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- electrolytes — Plural form of electrolyte.
- electrolytic — Of, relating to, or using electrolysis.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electromeric — involving, or relating to, electromers
- electrometer — An instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current from the circuit.
- electromotor — an electric motor
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
- elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- 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
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.