14-letter words containing m, r, s
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- domain address — (networking) The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- e-mail address — electronic mail address
- eastern camass — wild hyacinth.
- eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electric storm — a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- 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
- elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- ellesmere port — a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop: 66 265 (2001)
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- éminence grise — a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- entertainments — Plural form of entertainment.
- ephemeris time — time that is based on the orbit of the earth around the sun rather than the axial rotation of the earth, one ephemeris second being 1⁄31 556 925.9747 of the tropical year 1900. It was used from 1960 to 1983 as an astronomical timescale but has been replaced by terrestrial dynamical time and barycentric dynamic time
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
- farmers branch — a city in NE Texas.
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.