13-letter words containing p, c, e
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- escape artist — escapologist
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- escape device — a device with a collapsible extensible slide, used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- ex post facto — having retrospective effect
- exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
- exceptionally — To a greater degree than normal; unusually.
- exceptionless — Without exception.
- excess supply — a situation in which the market supply of a commodity is greater than the market demand for it, thus causing its market price to fall
- executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
- expectational — of or relating to an expectation or expectations
- 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.
- expectorative — an expectorant medicine
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- explicability — The state of being explicable.
- explicatively — in an explicative or explanatory manner
- explicitation — (rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
- export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
- export reject — an article that fails to meet a standard of quality required for export and that is sold on the home market
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- exteroception — The perception of environmental stimuli acting on the body.
- exteroceptive — Relating to stimuli that are external to an organism.
- exteroceptors — Plural form of exteroceptor.
- extra-special — particular; exceptional
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- extraparticle — Extraparticle means relating to processes that happen outside the particles in a bed.
- extratropical — Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
- face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- feature creep — creeping featurism
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- fingerpicking — Present participle of fingerpick.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flower-pecker — any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.