11-letter words containing esc
- effervesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effervesce.
- effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
- effloresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effloresce.
- erubescence — the process of growing red or a condition of redness
- escadrilles — Plural form of escadrille.
- escalations — Plural form of escalation.
- escallonias — Plural form of escallonia.
- escape cock — a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
- escape pipe — a pipe for overflowing water, escaping steam, etc
- escape plan — a plan for escaping from a place
- escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
- escapements — Plural form of escapement.
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- escarpments — Plural form of escarpment.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- escheatable — Liable to escheat.
- escheatment — (legal) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
- escherichia — a genus of Gram-negative rodlike bacteria that are found in the intestines of humans and many animals, esp E. coli, which is sometimes pathogenic and is widely used in genetic research
- escort duty — a military duty in which one or more servicemen accompany a person, group of people, or vehicle, for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- escritoires — Plural form of escritoire.
- escritorial — Of or pertaining to an escritoire.
- escutcheons — Plural form of escutcheon.
- evanescence — The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
- excrescence — A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality.
- excrescency — the state or condition of being excrescent
- fescue foot — a disease of the feet of cattle associated with feeding on certain fungus-infested fescue grasses, characterized by lameness and sometimes leading to gangrene.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fremescence — a dull or incipient rumbling or roaring sound
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- incalescent — increasing in heat or ardor.
- incandesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incandesce.
- incanescent — (dated) Becoming hoary or grey; canescent.
- inescapable — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inescapably — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- intumescent — a swelling up, as with congestion.
- intumescing — Present participle of intumesce.
- iridescence — iridescent quality; a play of lustrous, changing colors.
- irridescent — Misspelling of iridescent.
- juvenescent — being or becoming youthful; young.
- languescent — becoming languid