14-letter words containing m, o, c
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromotance — an electromotive force
- electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
- electron model — (electronics) A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
- electroosmosis — osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
- electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emergency room — hospital: casualty department
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- 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.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
- 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.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- fall victim to — If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them.
- family compact — any influential clique
- 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
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- feel compelled — If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
- flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- football match — a match played between two football teams