12-letter words containing o, r, e, c
- electrolytic — Of, relating to, or using electrolysis.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electromeric — involving, or relating to, electromers
- electrometer — An instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current from the circuit.
- electromotor — an electric motor
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- enantiomeric — Of or pertaining to an enantiomer or the relation between enantiomers.
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enforcements — Plural form of enforcement.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- enterococcal — Relating to, or produced by, an enterococcus.
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- enterocoeles — Plural form of enterocoele.
- enterocoelic — characterized by enterocoele