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. |