13-letter words containing r, m, e, t
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- endometriosis — A condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- enrolment fee — the amount of money payable when you enrol on a course, at a university, etc
- ensorcellment — Enchantment, bewitchment.
- enterotoxemia — Blood poisoning caused by an enterotoxin.
- entertainment — The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods
- entrance ramp — a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road
- entrenchments — Plural form of entrenchment.
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
- environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
- epigrammatism — The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
- epigrammatist — Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings).
- epigrammatize — (transitive) To represent or express by epigrams.
- equestrianism — The skill or sport of horse riding . As an Olympic sport it is divided into three disciplines: show jumping, dressage, and the three-day event (combining show jumping, dressage, and cross-country riding).
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- esthesiometer — an instrument for measuring the sensitivity of the sense of touch, esp. one for testing how far apart two points pressed against the skin have to be for the points to be felt as separate
- estrangements — Plural form of estrangement.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- even-tempered — mild mannered
- examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- experimenters — Plural form of experimenter.
- experimenting — Present participle of experiment.
- expert system — (artificial intelligence) A computer program that contains a knowledge base and a set of algorithms or rules that infer new facts from knowledge and from incoming data. An expert system is an artificial intelligence application that uses a knowledge base of human expertise to aid in solving problems. The degree of problem solving is based on the quality of the data and rules obtained from the human expert. Expert systems are designed to perform at a human expert level. In practice, they will perform both well below and well above that of an individual expert. The expert system derives its answers by running the knowledge base through an inference engine, a software program that interacts with the user and processes the results from the rules and data in the knowledge base. Expert systems are used in applications such as medical diagnosis, equipment repair, investment analysis, financial, estate and insurance planning, route scheduling for delivery vehicles, contract bidding, counseling for self-service customers, production control and training.
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- extemporarily — In an extemporary manner.
- extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
- extemporizing — Present participle of extemporize.
- extensometers — Plural form of extensometer.
- exterminating — Present participle of exterminate.
- extermination — Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
- exterminators — Plural form of exterminator.
- exterminatory — Relating to or marked by extermination.
- extra-marital — An extra-marital affair is a sexual relationship between a married person and another person who is not their husband or wife.
- extrafamilial — Outside a family.
- extralimitary — outside the limits or borders of an area
- extrametrical — exceeding the number of syllables normally used in a given metre
- extreme sport — Extreme sports are exciting, physically dangerous sports such as bungee jumping or snowboarding.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool