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