13-letter words containing enc
- gene sequence — the arrangement of the nucleotides of a particular gene
- give evidence — testify in a court of law
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- impercipience — The quality of being impercipient.
- impertinences — Plural form of impertinence.
- in confidence — full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
- in conscience — the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
- in-difference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- incoherencies — incoherence.
- incongruences — not congruent.
- inconsequence — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsistence — the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
- inconsistency — the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
- inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- inconveniency — inconvenience.
- indecency law — the law relating to indecency
- indian agency — headquarters of an Indian agent.
- indifferences — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- inequivalence — The condition of being inequivalent.
- inexperienced — not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- insufficience — Obsolete form of insufficiency.
- insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
- intelligencer — a person or thing that conveys information.
- intelligences — Plural form of intelligence.
- intercurrence — intervening, as of time or events.
- interferences — Plural form of interference.
- intermittence — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermittency — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- jail sentence — a term of imprisonment imposed by a court
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- legal offence — a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment
- life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- main sequence — a narrow band in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in which 90 percent of all observed stars are plotted.
- map reference — information that identifies the point on a map where a particular place is located