14-letter words containing n, e, t, m
- 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.
- elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- embellishments — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
- emergency exit — door, way out
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- eminent domain — government seizure of property
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- employment law — rules governing working practices
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- 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.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
- entertainments — Plural form of entertainment.
- envenomization — the introduction of poison into a body
- ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- 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.
- existentialism — A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
- expanded metal — an open mesh of metal produced by stamping out alternating slots in a metal sheet and stretching it into an open pattern. It is used for reinforcing brittle or friable materials and in fencing
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- 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.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
- fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
- ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).
- ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferry terminal — docking area for passenger boats
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).