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13-letter words containing l, s, e, r, i

  • elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
  • empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
  • enterocolitis — Inflammation of both the small intestine and the colon.
  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • equalitarians — Plural form of equalitarian.
  • equilibristic — Of or pertaining to equilibristics.
  • eretz yisrael — the Holy Land; Israel
  • eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
  • evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
  • everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
  • excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
  • excrescential — Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
  • exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
  • exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
  • express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
  • externalising — Present participle of externalise.
  • externalities — Plural form of externality.
  • extra-special — particular; exceptional
  • extrasystolia — (medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.
  • extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
  • extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
  • extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
  • fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
  • false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
  • false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
  • familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
  • farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
  • fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
  • festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
  • fever blister — cold sore.
  • field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
  • field service — military service performed in the field
  • field servoid — (jargon, abuse)   /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a derogatory term for a representative of a field service organisation (see field circus), suggesting an unintelligent rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
  • figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
  • filibusterism — (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
  • filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
  • fill her tins — to complete a home baking of cakes, biscuits, etc
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
  • first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • first refusal — If someone has first refusal on something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
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