7 letter word starting with en

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enabled imp. & past participle of Enable
enacted imp. & past participle of Enact
enactor noun One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
enarmed adjective Same as Armed, 3.
enation noun Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
encaged imp. & past participle of Encage
encauma noun An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.
encenia noun pl. A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.
encense noun To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
enchafe verb t. To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
enchain verb t. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains., To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention., To link together; to connect.
enchair verb t. To seat in a chair.
enchant verb t. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites., To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.
enchase verb t. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn., To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case., To delineate or describe, as by writing.
enchest verb t. To inclose in a chest.
enchyma noun The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
enclasp verb t. To clasp. See Inclasp.
enclave noun A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave., To inclose within an alien territory.
enclose verb t. To inclose. See Inclose.
encloud verb t. To envelop in clouds; to cloud.
encoach verb t. To carry in a coach.
encolor verb t. To color.
encored imp. & past participle of Encore
encrini plural of Encrinus
encrust verb t. To incrust. See Incrust.
endable adjective That may be ended; terminable.
end-all noun Complete termination.
endemic adjective Alt. of Endemical, An endemic disease.
enderon noun The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
endless adjective Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; — applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor., Infinite; excessive; unlimited., Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying., Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
endlong adverb & preposition Lengthwise; along.
endmost adjective Farthest; remotest; at the very end.
endogen noun A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.
endorse verb t. Same as Indorse., A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
endowed imp. & past participle of Endow
endower verb t. To endow., One who endows.
endozoa noun pl. See Entozoa.
enduing present participle & vb. noun of Endue
endured imp. & past participle of Endure
endurer noun One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
endways adverb Alt. of Endwise
endwise adverb On end; erectly; in an upright position., With the end forward.
endyses plural of Endysis
endysis noun The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; — opposed to ecdysis.
enecate verb t. To kill off; to destroy.
enemata plural of Enema
enemies plural of Enemy
energic adjective Alt. of Energical
enfeoff verb t. To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment., To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
enfever verb t. To excite fever in.
enfiled p. adjective Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be “enfiled of” the thing which it pierces.
enflesh verb t. To clothe with flesh.
enforce verb t. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands., To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage., To put in motion or action by violence; to drive., To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests., To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws., To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon., To attempt by force., To prove; to evince., To strengthen; to grow strong., Force; strength; power.
enframe verb t. To inclose, as in a frame.
engaged imp. & past participle of Engage, Occupied; employed; busy., Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed., Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest., Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
engager noun One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
enginer noun A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
english adjective Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race., See 1st Bond, n., 8., Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons., The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries., A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type., A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball., To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain., To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
engloom verb t. To make gloomy.
engorge verb t. To gorge; to glut., To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour., To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one’s self with food.
engraff verb t. To graft; to fix deeply.
engraft verb t. See Ingraft.
engrail verb t. To variegate or spot, as with hail., To indent with small curves. See Engrailed., To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
engrain verb t. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain., To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain., To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
engrasp verb t. To grasp; to grip.
engrave verb t. To deposit in the grave; to bury., To cut in; to make by incision., To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions., To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription., To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
engross verb t. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity., To amass., To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment., To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts., To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
enguard verb t. To surround as with a guard.
enhance verb t. To raise or lift up; to exalt., To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime., To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
enhedge verb t. To surround as with a hedge.
enigmas plural of Enigma
enisled p. adjective Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
enjoyed imp. & past participle of Enjoy
enjoyer noun One who enjoys.
enlarge verb t. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one’s house., To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind., To set at large or set free., To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction., To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate., To get more astern or parallel with the vessel’s course; to draw aft; — said of the wind.
enleven noun Eleven.
enlight verb t. To illumine; to enlighten.
enliven verb t. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire., To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.
enniche verb t. To place in a niche.
ennoble verb t. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify., To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.
ennuyee noun A woman affected with ennui.
enomoty noun A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
enounce verb t. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument., To utter; to articulate.
enquere verb i. To inquire.
enquire verb i. & t. See Inquire.
enquiry noun See Inquiry.
enraged imp. & past participle of Enrage
enrange verb t. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange., To rove over; to range.
enrheum verb i. To contract a rheum.
enridge verb t. To form into ridges.
enripen verb t. To ripen.
enround verb t. To surround.
enscale verb t. To cover with scales.
enseint adjective With child; pregnant. See Enceinte.
enslave verb t. To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
ensnare verb t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
ensnarl verb t. To entangle.
ensober verb t. To make sober.
enstamp verb t. To stamp; to mark as /ith a stamp; to impress deeply.
enstate verb t. See Instate.
enstore verb t. To restore.
enstyle verb t. To style; to name.
ensuing present participle & vb. noun of Ensue
ensurer noun See Insurer.
ensweep verb t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
entasia noun Tonic spasm; — applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
entasis noun A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column., Same as Entasia.
entered imp. & past participle of Enter
enterer noun One who makes an entrance or beginning.
enteric adjective Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.
enteron noun The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
entheal adjective Alt. of Enthean
enthean adjective Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.
entheat adjective Divinely inspired.
entheic adjective Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.
enthuse verb t. & i. To make or become enthusiastic.
enticed imp. & past participle of Entice
enticer noun One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil.
entitle verb t. To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book “Commentaries;” to entitle a man “Honorable.”, To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer’s talents entitle him to command., To attribute; to ascribe.
entomic adjective Alt. of Entomical
entonic adjective Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
entotic adjective Pertaining to the interior of the ear.
entozoa noun pl. A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes., An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others., of Entozoon
entrail verb t. To interweave; to intertwine., Entanglement; fold.
entrain verb t. To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam., To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment., To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.
entrant noun One who enters; a beginner., An applicant for admission.
entreat verb t. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use., To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune., To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade., To invite; to entertain., To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty., To make an earnest petition or request., Entreaty.
entrick verb t. To trick, to perplex.
entropy noun A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.
entrust verb t. See Intrust.
entries plural of Entry
entryng noun Am entrance.
entwine verb t. To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round., To be twisted or twined.
entwist verb t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.
envault verb t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
envelop verb t. To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship., That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter., The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; — called also coma., A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it., A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents., A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.
envenom verb t. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom., To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
envigor verb t. To invigorate.
envious adjective Malignant; mischievous; spiteful., Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; — said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; — followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues., Inspiring envy., Excessively careful; cautious.
environ verb t. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop., About; around.
envolup verb t. To wrap up; to envelop.
envying present participle & vb. noun of Envy
envyned adjective Stored or furnished with wine.
enwheel verb t. To encircle.
enwiden verb t. To widen.
enwoman verb t. To endow with the qualities of a woman.