17-letter words containing p, t, e
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- encephalomyelitic — Relating to encephalomyelitis.
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
- entrepreneurially — In an entrepreneurial manner.
- epistemologically — In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
- epithelialization — (biology) the process that covers a wound with epithelial tissue.
- equal opportunity — policies that bar discrimination
- equinoctial point — either of the two points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- escaping tendency — a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log ef) = dμ/ RT, where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature
- esprit d'escalier — clever repartee one thinks of too late
- ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
- european standard — a specification to be used as a consistent rule or guideline in the manufacture or selling of a certain product or service traded within Europe
- examination paper — a paper with examination questions printed on it set to test the knowledge of examination candidates
- exception handler — Special code which is called when an exception occurs during the execution of a program. If the programmer does not provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion of the program run and some kind of error indication being returned to the user. Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
- exceptional child — a gifted child
- excess employment — excessive numbers of employees for the amount of work available
- exclamation point — exclamation mark
- experience rating — Experience rating is a method of adjusting the premium for a risk based on past loss experience for that risk compared to loss experience for an average risk.
- experimental lisp — (language) (xlisp) An experimental programming language combining a subset of Common Lisp with an object-oriented extension capability (Class and Object types). It was implemented by David Micheal Betz at Apple to allow experimentation with object-oriented programming on small computers. The C source code has been ported to Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari, and MS-DOS. Version 2.1 of the interpreter, by Tom Almy is closer to Common Lisp. E-mail: Tom Almy <[email protected]>.
- explicit function — a function whose values may be computed directly, as y = x2 + 1
- export department — the department of a business concerned with the export of the business's goods or services
- export-orientated — (of an industry, company, etc) mainly concerned with the export of goods or services
- extrasolar planet — any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star
- factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
- fair market price — the price of something at which both a seller and a buyer are willing to strike a deal.
- fancy dress party — a party at which the guests wear fancy dress
- feint-ruled paper — writing paper with light horizontal lines printed across at regular intervals
- fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
- field post office — a place to which mail intended for military units in the field is sent to be sorted and forwarded
- fingerling potato — a finger-shaped potato
- fingertip control — control exercised through your fingertips, e.g. by touching a touchscreen
- first performance — the first time that a play or concert is performed
- fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
- flat as a pancake — without any curves or bumps
- flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
- fluorescent strip — a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
- foot-pound-second — of or relating to the system of units in which the foot, pound, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbreviation: fps, f.p.s.
- for the most part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- forest enterprise — a British government department responsible for maintaining and expanding forests
- foucault pendulum — a pendulum that demonstrates the rotation of the earth by exhibiting an apparent change in its plane of oscillation.
- from pole to pole — throughout the entire world
- from the rooftops — If you shout something from the rooftops, you say it or announce it in a very public way.
- front-end payment — a payment required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
- front-line player — a regular player on a sports team or one who plays in the farthest forward position
- function complete — (programming) State of a software component or system such that each function described by the software's functional specification can be reached by at least one functional path, and attempts to operate as specified.
- garage proprietor — a person who owns a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold
- garden apartments — a complex of low apartment buildings surrounded by lawn or landscaped areas
- garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.