16-letter words containing enc
- pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
- publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
- queen's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
- reference number — a unique number on an order, application, etc, used to designate and quickly locate that order, application, etc
- reserve currency — any currency, as the U.S. dollar, used as a medium to settle international debts.
- residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
- run interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
- sales conference — meeting of salespeople
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-consequence — self-important character or quality; self-importance.
- self-subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
- self-sufficiency — able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
- sonoluminescence — the emission of a flash of light accompanying the bursting of a bubble in a liquid when sound waves are passed through the liquid.
- state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
- subsistence crop — a food plant which is grown by a farmer for consumption by himself and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- topical-sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- valence electron — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
- valency electron — an electron in the outer shell of an atom, responsible for forming chemical bonds
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- well-experienced — wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.