14-letter words containing a, l, e, t, u
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- draw-out table — draw table.
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
- eat humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
- electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- equity capital — Finance
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- 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
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- 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.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- fault tolerant — fault tolerance
- fault-tolerant — designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction
- feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.
- file signature — A magic number.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- first language — mother tongue