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14-letter words containing o, r, g, e, n

  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • ecoengineering — A form of engineering that aims to work in harmony with the natural environment.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
  • electioneering — Campaigning for elective office on behalf of oneself or another candidate.
  • electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • electrowinning — a means of extracting metal from ore using electrolysis
  • emergency room — hospital: casualty department
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • enterogastrone — a hormone liberated by the upper intestinal mucosa when stimulated by fat: reduces peristalsis and secretion in the stomach
  • erogenous zone — a part of the body that is sensitive to sexual stimulation
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • exchange force — a force between two elementary particles resulting from the exchange of a virtual particle
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • 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
  • export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
  • extension ring — a spacer element that can be fixed between the camera body and the lens to increase the distance between film and lens and allow closer focus than would be possible without it
  • exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
  • fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
  • feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
  • ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.
  • 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.
  • ferromanganese — a ferroalloy containing up to 90 percent manganese.
  • ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
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