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14-letter words containing u, l, e

  • electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
  • electroculture — the practice of using electricity in agriculture or horticulture in order to stimulate plant growth
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
  • electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
  • 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.
  • empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
  • 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
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • english muffin — crumpet
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
  • enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
  • equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
  • equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
  • equity capital — Finance
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
  • ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
  • excess luggage — luggage that is greater in weight or in number of pieces than an airline, etc, will carry free
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
  • exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
  • exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
  • expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
  • exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
  • eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
  • factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
  • faculty lounge — a staffroom
  • fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
  • fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
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