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16-letter words containing s, e, a, i, d

  • earnings-related — An earnings-related payment or benefit provides higher or lower payments according to the amount a person was earning while working.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • eastern kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
  • ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
  • ellesmere island — a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean: part of Nunavut; mountainous, with many glaciers. Area: 212 688 sq km (82 119 sq miles)
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endocannabinoids — Plural form of endocannabinoid.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
  • fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
  • federal district — a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
  • federal register — a bulletin, published daily by the U.S. federal government, containing the schedule of hearings before Congressional and federal agency committees, together with orders, proclamations, etc., released by the executive branch of the government.
  • federalist party — a political group that favored the adoption by the states of the Constitution.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feira de santana — a city in BahÍa state, E Brazil.
  • ferdinand marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • first derivative — the derivative of a function: Velocity is the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
  • fishskin disease — ichthyosis
  • flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • fraises des bois — wild strawberries
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
  • friendly islands — Tonga
  • ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
  • fundamentalistic — Fundamentalist.
  • gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gaudeamus igitur — let us therefore rejoice
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
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