10-letter words containing enc
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lip pencil — a make-up pencil used for outlining, shaping or colouring the lips
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- munifience — a fortification
- negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- negligency — Negligence.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- nilpotence — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- no offence — Some people say 'no offence' to make it clear that they do not want to upset you, although what they are saying may seem rather rude.
- nondefence — not relating to defence, esp military defence
- nonfluency — a lack of fluency
- nonscience — that which is not science or scientific
- obsequence — willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.
- occurrence — the action, fact, or instance of occurring.
- offenceful — giving offence; offensive
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pendencies — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
- permanency — permanence.
- pertinence — pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- pin wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- precedence — act or fact of preceding.
- precedency — precedence.
- preference — the act of preferring.
- prepotence — the quality of being prepotent
- prepotency — the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
- prescience — knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- procidence — a prolapse
- profluence — abundance
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- pubescence — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- quenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.