| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |