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14-letter words containing t, r, o, m

  • electron model — (electronics)   A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
  • 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
  • electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • ellesmere port — a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop: 66 265 (2001)
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
  • emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • ephemeral port — (networking)   A TCP or UDP port number that is automatically allocated from a predefined range by the TCP/IP stack software, typically to provide the port for the client end of a client-server communication.
  • ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
  • exposure meter — photography: light meter
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
  • femoral artery — the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.
  • femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
  • ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
  • film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
  • first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
  • florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
  • foot patrolman — a policeman assigned to patrol a particular area on foot
  • for the moment — for now
  • forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
  • form criticism — a method of textual analysis, applied especially to the Bible, in which the origin and history of certain passages are traced by isolating their literary forms, as miracle story, saying, or apothegm, on the assumption that they were fixed by oral tradition prior to compilation in written form.
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • format-fortran — Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique Fortran
  • formosa strait — an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • four-four time — a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 44
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