16-letter words containing en
- director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- disconsolateness — (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
- discontentedness — The state or quality of being discontented.
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
- disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
- disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
- disingenuousness — The state or quality of being disingenuous.
- dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
- displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
- disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
- distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.
- domestic science — home economics.
- don't mention it — you're welcome
- double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
- drag coefficient — a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid, esp air
- driver's license — a permit, as one issued by a state's motor vehicle bureau, that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle on public roads.
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- duplex apartment — an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.
- dyer's greenweed — woadwaxen.
- dyer's-greenweed — woadwaxen.
- early retirement — retirement before established age
- ebenezer scrooge — Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- ebony spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium platyneuron, of woody areas of North America, having ladderlike leaves and shiny, dark brown stems.
- eicosapentaenoic — Of or pertaining to eicosapentaenoic acid or its derivatives.
- eigenfrequencies — Plural form of eigenfrequency.
- eighteen-wheeler — a tractor-trailer having eighteen wheels
- electric current — flow of electricity
- embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
- emergency centre — a building used, often temporarily, to coordinate the response to an emergency and to deal with some of the problems that arise during the emergency
- emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
- emergency worker — a person whose job is to help people in emergencies
- enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
- encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
- endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
- ending inventory — An ending inventory is all of the goods, services, or materials that a business has available for use or sale at the end of an accounting period.
- endocannabinoids — Plural form of endocannabinoid.
- 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