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14-letter words containing n, e, p, o, t

  • endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
  • endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
  • ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
  • epicontinental — Denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf.
  • epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
  • epithelization — Alternative form of epithelialization.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • erythropoietin — A hormone secreted by the kidneys that increases the rate of production of red blood cells in response to falling levels of oxygen in the tissues.
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • espírito santo — a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic: swampy coastal plain with mountains in the west; heavily forested. Capital: Vitória. Pop: 3 201 722 (2002). Area: 45 597 sq km (17 601 sq miles)
  • espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
  • expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
  • expansion slot — (hardware)   A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
  • expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
  • explosion shot — a shot used in hitting a ball from a sand trap, in which the sand just behind the ball rather than the ball itself is struck with full force
  • exponentiation — The operation of raising one quantity to the power of another.
  • export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
  • export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
  • export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
  • expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
  • fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
  • fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
  • fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
  • foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
  • footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
  • for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
  • frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
  • frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
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