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16-letter words containing t, o, r, s

  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electronic music — music: synthesized
  • electroreceptors — Plural form of electroreceptor.
  • 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.
  • embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
  • escalator clause — a clause in a contract stipulating an adjustment in wages, prices, etc, in the event of specified changes in conditions, such as a large rise in the cost of living or price of raw materials
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exotic shorthair — a short-haired variety of domestic cat with a stocky body, developed through crossing Persian cats with American shorthairs
  • experimentations — Plural form of experimentation.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • external storage — storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • extrinsic factor — vitamin B12
  • eyebrow tweezers — small tweezers for plucking hairs out of your eyebrows
  • factor of safety — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
  • farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • father confessor — confessor (def 2).
  • father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
  • fermat's theorem — the theorem that an integer raised to a prime power leaves the same remainder as the integer itself when divided by the prime.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
  • fictitious force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • first four ships — the earliest settlers' ships to arrive in the Canterbury Province
  • first generation — 1.   (architecture)   first generation computer. 2.   (language)   first generation language.
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
  • fish or cut bait — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
  • fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
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