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14-letter words containing s, i, t, e, l

  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
  • easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
  • easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
  • ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
  • ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
  • ecclesiologist — One versed in ecclesiology.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
  • eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
  • elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
  • electric shock — electric current entering the body
  • electric storm — a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm
  • electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
  • electroosmosis — osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
  • electrostatics — The study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
  • elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
  • elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • embellishments — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
  • emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • encaustic tile — a tile produced using the encaustic technique
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • english setter — bird dog
  • english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
  • english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
  • enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
  • enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
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