16-letter words containing t, o, i, l, e, r
- electronic flash — Photography
- electronic music — music: synthesized
- electronic organ — an electrophonic instrument played by means of a keyboard, in which sounds are produced and amplified by any of various electronic or electrical means
- electrophilicity — (chemistry, uncountable) the condition of being electrophilic.
- electroreception — The detection by an aquatic animal of electric fields or currents.
- electrostriction — the change in dimensions of a dielectric occurring as an elastic strain when an electric field is applied
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
- emotional labour — work that requires good interpersonal skills
- 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
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- entente cordiale — a friendly understanding between political powers: less formal than an alliance
- entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
- environmentalism — A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
- environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- exclamation mark — (character) The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among Acorn Archimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA. The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT).
- exploration well — An exploration well is a borehole which is drilled to find out if there is any oil or gas in a place.
- exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
- extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
- external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
- exterritoriality — Extraterritoriality.
- extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
- extraterritorial — (of a law or decree) valid outside a country's territory.
- feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
- ferroelectricity — (physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analagous to ferromagnetism.
- fertility factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
- feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
- filter promotion — (algorithm) In a generate and test algorithm, combining part of the filter with the generator in order to reduce the number of potential solutions generated. A trivial example: filter (< 100) [1..1000] ==> [1..99] where [1..n] generates the list of integers from 1 to n. Here the filter has been combined completely with the generator. This is an example of fusion.
- fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
- fire-tube boiler — any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire tubes) immersed in water to a chimney or uptake.
- flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
- flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
- food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
- foreign national — citizen of another country
- forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
- formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
- four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
- friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
- friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
- frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value