16-letter words containing ele

elegiac quatrain — a poetic stanza consisting of four lines of iambic pentameter rhyming alternately.
elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
event television — television programmes focusing on events that attract media attention and high ratings
ferroelectricity — (physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analagous to ferromagnetism.
french telephone — handset (def 1).
gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
homeless shelter — a hostel for homeless people
hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
hydroelectricity — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
identity element — the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer.
in one's element — If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy.
kepler telescope — astronomical telescope.
kiloelectronvolt — (physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts.
magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
meningomyelocele — (medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
mental telepathy — telepathy.
microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
modified-release — denoting a formulation of a medicinal drug taken orally that releases the active ingredients over several hours, in order to maintain a relatively constant plasma concentration of the drug
multiple alleles — any one of a series of three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene, only two of which can exist in any normal, diploid individual.
myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
on the telephone — having a phone conversation
parallelepipedon — a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
photoelectricity — electricity induced by electromagnetic radiation, as in certain processes, as the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects, photoconductivity, and photoionization.
photoelectrotype — an electrotype made by photographic means.
piezoelectricity — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
pledged delegate — (in the US) a delegate at a national party convention who is mandated to vote for a particular candidate
primary election — primary (def 15a).
primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
released version — release
releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
select committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
singing telegram — a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating
skaneateles lake — a lake in central New York, SW of Syracuse: one of the Finger Lakes. 14 sq. mi. (35 sq. km).
smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
soufflé omelette — a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites
spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
symmetry element — any of four points, lines, or planes of a crystal: a center of symmetry, a reflection plane, a rotation axis, or a rotation-inversion axis.
telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.

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