14-letter words containing p, e, n
- enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- ensemble piece — a play involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
- ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
- epicontinental — Denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf.
- epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
- epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
- epithelization — Alternative form of epithelialization.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- 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.
- euphoniousness — The quality or state of being euphonious.
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- european union — political union of European countries
- 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.
- evening prayer — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- 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
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion card — (hardware) A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
- 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.
- experienceless — without experience; inexperienced
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
- 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
- expose oneself — to display one's sexual organs in public
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.