13-letter words containing n, e, o, r
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- event horizon — the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
- ever and anon — now and then
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
- examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
- exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- excortication — the act of stripping off the outer layer, esp the bark from a tree
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- exhibitioners — Plural form of exhibitioner.
- exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expectoration — The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- expressionism — A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world.
- expressionist — Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- expropriation — The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
- extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
- extemporizing — Present participle of extemporize.
- extensometers — Plural form of extensometer.
- exteriorizing — Present participle of exteriorize.
- extermination — Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
- exterminators — Plural form of exterminator.
- exterminatory — Relating to or marked by extermination.
- exteroception — The perception of environmental stimuli acting on the body.
- extortionists — Plural form of extortionist.
- extractor fan — a fan used in kitchens, bathrooms, workshops, etc, to remove stale air or fumes
- extraordinary — Very unusual or remarkable.
- extrapersonal — Outside of a person; beyond what is personal or individual.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- extraposition — placement of something outside something else
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.