8 letter word starting with en

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enabling present participle & vb. noun of Enable
enacting present participle & vb. noun of Enact
enactive adjective Having power to enact or establish as a law.
enacture noun Enactment; resolution.
enallage noun A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
enambush verb t. To ambush.
enameled imp. & past participle of Enamel, Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.
enamelar adjective Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.
enameler noun Alt. of Enamelist
enamored imp. & past participle of Enamor
enarched adjective Bent into a curve; — said of a bend or other ordinary.
enargite noun An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
enascent adjective Coming into being; nascent.
enaunter adverb Lest that.
enbroude verb t. See Embroude.
engaging present participle & vb. noun of Encage, of Engage, Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
encamped imp. & past participle of Encamp
encanker verb t. To canker.
encarpus noun An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
enceinte noun The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; — called also body of the place., The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification., Pregnant; with child.
encharge verb t. To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon., A charge.
enchased imp. & past participle of Enchase
enchaser noun One who enchases.
encheson noun Alt. of Encheason
enchisel verb t. To cut with a chisel.
enchodus noun A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; — so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
enchoric adjective Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
encircle verb t. To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
enclitic verb i. Alt. of Enclitical, A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
enclothe verb t. To clothe.
encoffin verb t. To put in a coffin.
encolden verb t. To render cold.
encollar verb t. To furnish or surround with a collar.
encolure noun The neck of horse.
encomber verb t. See Encumber.
encomion noun Encomium; panegyric.
encomium noun Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
encoring present participle & vb. noun of Encore
encradle verb t. To lay in a cradle.
encrease verb t. & i. [Obs.] See Increase.
encrinic adjective Alt. of Encrinital
encrinal adjective Alt. of Encrinital
encrinus noun A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
encroach verb i. To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; — commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway., Encroachment.
encumber verb t. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning., To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
encyclic adjective Alt. of Encyclical, Alt. of Encyclical
encysted adjective Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
endamage verb t. To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.
endanger verb t. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace., To incur the hazard of; to risk.
endazzle verb t. To dazzle.
endeared imp. & past participle of Endear
endeavor verb t. To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt., To exert one’s self; to work for a certain end., An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
endecane noun One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
endeixis noun An indication.
endemial adjective Endemic.
endenize verb t. To endenizen.
endermic adjective Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
endiaper verb t. To decorate with a diaper pattern.
endocarp noun The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
endocyst noun The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
endoderm noun The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal., The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
endogamy noun Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; — opposed to exogamy.
endogeny noun Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
endorsed imp. & past participle of Endorse
endorsee noun Same as Indorsee.
endorser noun Same as Indorser.
endosarc noun The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
endowing present participle & vb. noun of Endow
endrudge verb t. To make a drudge or slave of.
endurant adjective Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
enduring present participle & vb. noun of Endure, Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.
energize verb i. To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect., To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
energies plural of Energy
enervate verb t. To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of., Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
enervous adjective Lacking nerve or force; enervated.
enfamish verb t. To famish; to starve.
enfeeble verb t. To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
enfester verb t. To fester.
enfetter verb t. To bind in fetters; to enchain.
enfierce verb t. To make fierce.
enfilade noun A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line., A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire., To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
enflower verb t. To cover or deck with flowers.
enforced imp. & past participle of Enforce, Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
enforcer noun One who enforces.
enforest verb t. To turn into a forest.
enfreeze verb t. To freeze; to congeal.
engender verb t. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget., To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife., To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced., To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace., One who, or that which, engenders.
engineer noun A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n., One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver., One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager., To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road., To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
enginery noun The act or art of managing engines, or artillery., Engines, in general; instruments of war., Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
enginous adjective Pertaining to an engine., Contrived with care; ingenious.
engirded imp. & past participle of Engird
engirdle verb t. To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.
engorged imp. & past participle of Engorge, Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts., Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.
engouled adjective Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.
engoulee adjective Same as Engouled.
engraved imp. of Engrave, of Engrave, Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving., Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
engraven of Engrave
engraver noun One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
engregge verb t. To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
engrieve verb t. To grieve.
engulfed imp. & past participle of Engulf
enhanced imp. & past participle of Enhance
enhancer noun One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
enharbor verb t. To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
enharden verb t. To harden; to embolden.
enhunger verb t. To make hungry.
enhydros noun A variety of chalcedony containing water.
enjailed imp. & past participle of Enjall
enjoined imp. & past participle of Enjoin
enjoiner noun One who enjoins.
enjoying present participle & vb. noun of Enjoy
enkennel verb t. To put into a kennel.
enkindle verb t. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle., To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
enlarged imp. & past participle of Enlarge, Made large or larger; extended; swollen.
enlarger noun One that enlarges.
enlisted imp. & past participle of Enlist
enlumine verb t. To illumine.
enmanche adjective Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; — said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.
enmarble verb t. To make hard as marble; to harden.
enmities plural of Enmity
enmossed adjective Covered with moss; mossed.
enmuffle verb t. To muffle up.
ennation noun The ninth segment in insects.
enneagon noun A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.
enneatic adjective Alt. of Enneatical
ennobled imp. & past participle of Ennoble
ennobler noun One who ennobles.
enormity noun The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous., That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
enormous adjective Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal., Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
enounced imp. & past participle of Enounce
enpatron verb t. To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
enpierce verb t. To pierce.
enquirer noun See Inquirer.
enraging present participle & vb. noun of Enrage
enravish verb t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.
enriched imp. & past participle of Enrich
enricher noun One who enriches.
enrolled imp. & past participle of Enroll
enroller noun One who enrolls or registers.
en route On the way or road.
ensample noun An example; a pattern or model for imitation., To exemplify, to show by example.
ensconce verb t. To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
ensearch verb i. To make search; to try to find something., To search for.
ensemble noun The whole; all the parts taken together., All at once; together.
enshield verb t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield., Shielded; enshielded.
enshrine verb t. To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
enshroud verb t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.
ensiform adjective Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
ensigncy noun The rank or office of an ensign.
ensilage noun The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder., The fodder preserved in a silo., To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
enslaved imp. & past participle of Enslave
enslaver noun One who enslaves.
ensphere verb t. To place in a sphere; to envelop., To form into a sphere.
ensuable adjective Ensuing; following.
enswathe verb t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.
entackle verb t. To supply with tackle.
entailed imp. & past participle of Entail
entangle verb t. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair., To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
entastic adjective Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
entellus noun An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.
entender verb t. To make tender., To treat with tenderness.
entering present participle & vb. noun of Enter
entheasm noun Inspiration; enthusiasm.
enthrall verb t. To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
enthrill verb t. To pierce; to thrill.
enthrone verb t. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity., To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
enticing present participle & vb. noun of Entice, That entices; alluring.
entierty noun See Entirety.
entirely adverb In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost., Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.
entirety noun The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest., That which is entire; the whole.
entitled imp. & past participle of Entitle
entitule verb t. To entitle.
entities plural of Entity
entoderm noun See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.
entoiled imp. & past participle of Entoil
entombed imp. & past participle of Entomb
entomere noun The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
entomoid adjective Resembling an insect., An object resembling an insect.
entoptic adjective Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one’s own eye.
entozoal adjective Alt. of Entozoic
entozoic adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.
entozoon noun One of the Entozoa.
entrails noun pl. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines., The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
entrance noun The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office., Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends., The passage, door, or gate, for entering., The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business., The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day., The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line., The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line., To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects., To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
entreaty noun Treatment; reception; entertainment., The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
entrench verb t. See Intrench.
entrepot noun A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit.
entresol noun A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
enuresis noun An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.
envassal verb t. To make a vassal of.
enveigle verb t. To entice. See Inveigle.
envelope noun Alt. of Envelop
envenime verb t. To envenom.
enviable adjective Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
environs noun pl. The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
envisage verb t. To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
envolume verb t. To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.
enwallow verb t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.
enwombed imp. & past participle of Enwomb
enzootic adjective Afflicting animals; — used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.