| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| enarthrodia | noun | See Enarthrosis. |
| enarthrosis | noun | A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation. |
| encarnalize | verb t. | To carnalize; to make gross. |
| encephaloid | adjective | Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform., An encephaloid cancer. |
| encephalous | adjective | Having a head; — said of most Mollusca; — opposed to acephalous. |
| enchainment | noun | The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained. |
| enchantment | noun | The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation., The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment., That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. |
| enchantress | noun | A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. |
| enchiridion | noun | Handbook; a manual of devotions. |
| enchondroma | noun | A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. |
| enclavement | noun | The state of being an enclave. |
| encomiastic | adjective | Alt. of Encomiastical, A panegyric. |
| encompassed | imp. & past participle | of Encompass |
| encorporing | noun | Incorporation. |
| encountered | imp. & past participle | of Encounter |
| encounterer | noun | One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. |
| encouraging | present participle & vb. noun | of Encourage, Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. |
| encrinoidea | noun pl. | That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; — also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea. |
| encroaching | present participle & vb. noun | of Encroach |
| encrustment | noun | That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation. |
| encumbering | present participle & vb. noun | of Encumber |
| encumbrance | noun | That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance., Same as Incumbrance. |
| encystation | noun | Encystment. |
| endangering | present participle & vb. noun | of Endanger |
| endaspidean | adjective | Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; — said of certain birds. |
| endeavoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Endeavor |
| endemically | adverb | In an endemic manner. |
| endemiology | noun | The science which treats of endemic affections. |
| endlessness | noun | The quality of being endless; perpetuity. |
| endoblastic | adjective | Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer. |
| endocardiac | adjective | Alt. of Endocardial |
| endocardial | adjective | Pertaining to the endocardium., Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs. |
| endocardium | noun | The membrane lining the cavities of the heart. |
| endogenesis | noun | Endogeny. |
| endogenetic | adjective | Endogenous. |
| endognathal | adjective | Pertaining to the endognath. |
| endometrium | noun | The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb. |
| endoneurium | noun | The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers. |
| endophloeum | noun | The inner layer of the bark of trees. |
| endophragma | noun | A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea. |
| endorhizous | adjective | Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants. |
| endorsement | noun | Same as Indorsement. |
| endosmosmic | adjective | Endosmotic. |
| endospermic | adjective | Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm. |
| endosporous | adjective | Having the spores contained in a case; — applied to fungi. |
| endothecium | noun | The inner lining of an anther cell. |
| endothelial | adjective | Of, or relating to, endothelium. |
| endothelium | noun | The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium. |
| endotheloid | adjective | Like endothelium. |
| enepidermic | adjective | Applied to the skin without friction; — said of medicines. |
| energetical | adjective | Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active., Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws. |
| enfeoffment | noun | The act of enfeoffing., The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate. |
| enflowering | present participle & vb. noun | of Enflower |
| enforceable | adjective | Capable of being enforced. |
| enforcement | noun | The act of enforcing; compulsion., A giving force to; a putting in execution., That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied. |
| enfranchise | verb t. | To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power., To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman., To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. |
| engagedness | noun | The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal. |
| engendering | present participle & vb. noun | of Engender |
| engineering | present participle & vb. noun | of Engineer, Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. |
| englishable | adjective | Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English. |
| engorgement | noun | The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting., An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion., The clogging of a blast furnace. |
| engraffment | noun | See Ingraftment. |
| engraftment | noun | The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. |
| engrailment | noun | The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc., Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary. |
| engravement | noun | Engraving., Engraved work. |
| engrossment | noun | The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed., That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc. |
| enhancement | noun | The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime. |
| enigmatical | adjective | Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer. |
| enigmatized | imp. & past participle | of Enigmatize |
| enlargement | noun | The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion., Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection., A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty., Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. |
| enlightener | noun | One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind. |
| enneagynous | adjective | Having or producing nine pistils or styles; — said of a flower or plant. |
| enheahedral | adjective | Having nine sides. |
| enheahedria | noun | Alt. of Enheahedron |
| enheahedron | noun | A figure having nine sides; a nonagon. |
| enneandrian | adjective | Alt. of Enneandrous |
| enneandrous | adjective | Having nine stamens. |
| ennoblement | noun | The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility., That which ennobles; excellence; dignity. |
| enoptomancy | noun | Divination by the use of a mirror. |
| enouncement | noun | Act of enouncing; that which is enounced. |
| enrapturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enrapture |
| enslavement | noun | The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. |
| entablature | noun | The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. |
| entablement | noun | See Entablature. |
| enterocoele | noun | A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo. |
| enteropathy | noun | Disease of the intestines. |
| enterpriser | noun | One who undertakes enterprises. |
| entertained | imp. & past participle | of Entertain |
| entertainer | noun | One who entertains. |
| enthronized | imp. & past participle | of Enthronize |
| entogastric | adjective | Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; — applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. |
| entoglossal | adjective | Within the tongue; — applied to the glossohyal bone. |
| entomologic | adjective | Alt. of Entomological |
| entomophaga | noun pl. | One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2., A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum., A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters. |
| entoplastic | adjective | Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced. |
| entoplastra | plural | of Entoplastron |
| entorganism | noun | An internal parasitic organism. |
| entosternum | noun | See Entoplastron. |
| entreatable | adjective | That may be entreated. |
| entreatance | noun | Entreaty. |
| entreatment | noun | Entreaty; invitation. |
| entwinement | noun | A twining or twisting together or round; union. |
| enucleating | present participle & vb. noun | of Enucleate |
| enucleation | noun | The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. |
| enumerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Enumerate |
| enumeration | noun | The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting., A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed., A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument. |
| enumerative | adjective | Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. |
| enunciating | present participle & vb. noun | of Enunciate |
| enunciation | noun | The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth., Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation., That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement. |
| enunciative | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. |
| enunciatory | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance. |
| envelopment | noun | The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides., That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop. |
| environment | noun | Act of environing; state of being environed., That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. |
| enerlasting | noun | Eternal duration, past of future; eternity., (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God., A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc., A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting. |