| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| enactment | noun | The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law., That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment. |
| enamelled | of Enamel | |
| enameling | present participle & vb. noun | of Enamel |
| enamelist | noun | One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. |
| enamoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Enamor |
| enatation | noun | A swimming out. |
| enavigate | verb t. | To sail away or over. |
| enbattled | adjective | Embattled. |
| encamping | present participle & vb. noun | of Encamp |
| encaustic | adjective | Prepared by means of heat; burned in., The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors. |
| enchafing | noun | Heating; burning. |
| enchannel | verb t. | To make run in a channel. |
| enchanted | imp. & past participle | of Enchant, Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle. |
| enchanter | noun | One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. |
| encharged | imp. & past participle | of Encharge |
| enchasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enchase |
| enchasten | verb t. | To chasten. |
| encheason | noun | Occasion, cause, or reason. |
| enchorial | adjective | Alt. of Enchoric |
| encircled | imp. & past participle | of Encircle |
| encirclet | noun | A small circle; a ring. |
| enclitics | noun | The art of declining and conjugating words. |
| enclosure | noun | Inclosure. See Inclosure. |
| encomiast | noun | One who praises; a panegyrist. |
| encomiums | plural | of Encomium |
| encompass | verb t. | To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. |
| encoubert | noun | One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet. |
| encounter | adverb | To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth., To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo., A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview., A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. |
| encourage | verb t. | To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; — the opposite of discourage. |
| encratite | noun | One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; — called also Continent. |
| encrimson | verb t. | To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. |
| encrinite | noun | A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid. |
| encrisped | adjective | Curled. |
| encurtain | verb t. | To inclose with curtains. |
| endamaged | imp. & past participle | of Endamage |
| endamnify | verb t. | To damnify; to injure. |
| endearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Endear, Making dear or beloved; causing love. |
| endecagon | noun | A plane figure of eleven sides and angles. |
| endeictic | adjective | Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. |
| endemical | adjective | Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease. |
| endenizen | verb t. | To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. |
| endlessly | adverb | In an endless manner. |
| endoblast | noun | Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus, |
| endognath | noun | The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla. |
| endolymph | noun | The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. |
| endomorph | noun | A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. |
| endoplasm | noun | The protoplasm in the interior of a cell. |
| endoplast | noun | See Nucleus. |
| endorhiza | noun | Any monocotyledonous plant; — so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo. |
| endorsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Endorse |
| endoscope | noun | An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder. |
| endoscopy | noun | The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope. |
| endosmose | noun | Alt. of Endosmosis |
| endosperm | noun | The albumen of a seed; — limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac. |
| endospore | noun | The thin inner coat of certain spores. |
| endosteal | adjective | Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification. |
| endosteum | noun | The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone. |
| endostoma | noun | A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea. |
| endostome | noun | The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule., And endostoma. |
| endostyle | noun | A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata. |
| endotheca | noun | The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. |
| endowment | noun | The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support., That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college., That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; — usually in the plural. |
| enduement | noun | Act of enduing; induement. |
| endurable | adjective | Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. |
| endurably | adverb | In an endurable manner. |
| endurance | noun | A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance., The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience. |
| energetic | adjective | Alt. of Energetical |
| energical | adjective | In a state of action; acting; operating., Having energy or great power; energetic. |
| energized | imp. & past participle | of Energize |
| energizer | noun | One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect. |
| energumen | noun | One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac. |
| enervated | imp. & past participle | of Enervate |
| enfeebled | imp. & past participle | of Enfeeble |
| enfeebler | noun | One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble. |
| enfeloned | adjective | Rendered fierce or frantic. |
| enfeoffed | imp. & past participle | of Enfeoff |
| enfierced | imp. & past participle | of Enfierce |
| enfiladed | imp. & past participle | of Enfilade |
| enforcing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enforce |
| enforcive | adjective | Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. |
| enfreedom | verb t. | To set free. |
| enfroward | verb t. | To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. |
| engagedly | adverb | With attachment; with interest; earnestly. |
| engallant | verb t. | To make a gallant of. |
| engarboil | verb t. | To throw into disorder; to disturb. |
| engarland | verb t. | To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. |
| enginemen | plural | of Engineman |
| engineman | noun | A man who manages, or waits on, an engine. |
| engirding | present participle & vb. noun | of Engird |
| engiscope | noun | A kind of reflecting microscope. |
| englaimed | adjective | Clammy. |
| englished | imp. & past participle | of English |
| englishry | noun | The state or privilege of being an Englishman., A body of English or people of English descent; — commonly applied to English people in Ireland. |
| englutted | imp. & past participle | of Englut |
| engorging | present participle & vb. noun | of Engorge |
| engrailed | imp. & past participle | of Engrail, Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like. |
| engrained | imp. & past participle | of Engrain |
| engrapple | verb t. & i. | To grapple. |
| engrasped | imp. & past participle | of Engrasp |
| engraving | present participle & vb. noun | of Engrave, The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper., That which is engraved; an engraved plate., An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. |
| engravery | noun | The trade or work of an engraver. |
| engrossed | imp. & past participle | of Engross |
| engrosser | noun | One who copies a writing in large, fair characters., One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. |
| engulfing | present participle & vb. noun | of Engulf |
| enhancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enhance |
| enhearten | verb t. | To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden. |
| enhydrous | adjective | Having water within; containing fluid drops; — said of certain crystals. |
| enigmatic | adjective | Alt. of Enigmatical |
| enjailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enjall |
| enjoining | present participle & vb. noun | of Enjoin |
| enjoyable | adjective | Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. |
| enjoyment | noun | The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate., That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction. |
| enkindled | imp. & past participle | of Enkindle |
| enlarging | present participle & vb. noun | of Enlarge |
| enlighten | verb t. | To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth., To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding. |
| enlisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Enlist |
| enlivened | imp. & past participle | of Enliven |
| enlivener | noun | One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates. |
| ennobling | present participle & vb. noun | of Ennoble |
| enodation | noun | The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. |
| enouncing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enounce |
| enquicken | verb t. | To quicken; to make alive. |
| enrapture | verb t. | To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. |
| enriching | present participle & vb. noun | of Enrich |
| enrolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Enroll |
| enshedule | verb t. | To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. |
| ensconced | imp. & past participle | of Ensconce |
| enshelter | verb t. | To shelter. |
| enshrined | imp. & past participle | of Enshrine |
| ensilaged | imp. & past participle | of Ensilage |
| enslaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Enslave |
| enstatite | noun | A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety. |
| entailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Entail |
| entangled | imp. & past participle | of Entangle |
| entangler | noun | One that entangles. |
| entelechy | noun | An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence. |
| ententive | adjective | Attentive; zealous. |
| enterdeal | noun | Mutual dealings; intercourse. |
| enteritis | noun | An inflammation of the intestines. |
| enterlace | verb t. | See Interlace. |
| entermete | verb i. | To interfere; to intermeddle. |
| entermise | noun | Mediation. |
| entertain | verb t. | To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one’s service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep., To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one’s board, or into one’s house; to receive as a guest., To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc., To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal., To meet or encounter, as an enemy., To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments., To lead on; to bring along; to introduce., To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously., Entertainment. |
| entertake | verb t. | To entertain. |
| enthymeme | noun | An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble. |
| entitling | present participle & vb. noun | of Entitle |
| entoblast | noun | The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus. |
| entoiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Entoil |
| entombing | present participle & vb. noun | of Entomb |
| entomical | adjective | Relating to insects; entomological. |
| entomolin | noun | See Chitin. |
| entophyte | noun | A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| entoplasm | noun | The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum., Endosarc. |
| entr’acte | noun | The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama., A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama. |
| entrammel | verb t. | To trammel; to entangle. |
| entranced | imp. & past participle | of Entrance |
| entrapped | imp. & past participle | of Entrap |
| entreated | imp. & past participle | of Entreat |
| entreater | noun | One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher. |
| entremets | noun sing. & pl. | A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner., Any small entertainment between two greater ones. |
| entrochal | adjective | Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; — used of a kind of stone or marble. |
| entropion | noun | Same as Entropium. |
| entropium | noun | The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids. |
| enubilate | verb t. | To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. |
| enubilous | adjective | Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. |
| enucleate | verb t. | To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell., To remove without cutting (as a tumor)., To bring to light; to make clear. |
| enumerate | verb t. | To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation. |
| enunciate | verb t. | To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth., To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly., To utter words or syllables articulately. |
| enveloped | imp. & past participle | of Envelop |
| envenomed | imp. & past participle | of Envenom |
| envermeil | verb t. | To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. |
| environed | imp. & past participle | of Environ |
| envisaged | imp. & past participle | of Envisage |
| envoyship | noun | The office or position of an envoy. |
| enwombing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enwomb |
| enwreathe | verb t. | See Inwreathe. |