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14-letter words containing ine

  • dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
  • direct-examine — to subject to direct examination. Compare cross-examine (def 2).
  • disorderliness — The state or quality of being disorderly.
  • divine healing — healing through divine intervention as in response to prayer or because of faith.
  • divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
  • divine service — service1 (def 15).
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
  • dutch medicine — patent medicine, esp made of herbs
  • ecoengineering — A form of engineering that aims to work in harmony with the natural environment.
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • electrokinetic — of or relating to the motion of charged particles and its effects
  • elementariness — The state or condition of being elementary.
  • éminence grise — a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
  • eminent domain — government seizure of property
  • engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • epicontinental — Denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf.
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • feather-veined — (of a leaf) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.
  • featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
  • feminine rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
  • fine champagne — a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.
  • fine structure — a group of lines that are observed in the spectra of certain elements, as hydrogen, and that are caused by various couplings of the azimuthal quantum number and the angular momentum quantum number.
  • fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
  • finishing line — In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
  • flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
  • fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
  • freight engine — a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
  • funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
  • gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
  • gaming machine — for gambling
  • genuine assets — the tangible and intangible assets that make an organization unique, including things such as exclusive customer relationships, etc
  • geoengineering — The deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • guinea current — an ocean current flowing E along the Guinea coast of W Africa.
  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • gum turpentine — turpentine (sense 2)
  • hairline crack — a very fine crack
  • harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
  • hauts-de-seine — a department in N France. 63 sq. mi. (163 sq. km). Capital: Nanterre.
  • hereditariness — (rare) The property of being hereditary.
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
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