13-letter words containing enc
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encephalalgia — pain in the head; headache
- encephalocele — (medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- enchantresses — Plural form of enchantress.
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- encompassment — The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
- encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- entrenchments — Plural form of entrenchment.
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- estate agency — business that sells property
- exact science — If you say that a particular activity is not an exact science, you mean that there are no set rules to follow or it does not produce very accurate results.
- excandescence — The state of being excandescent, of glowing with heat.
- fence-mending — the practice of reestablishing or strengthening personal, business, or political contacts and relationships by conciliation or negotiation, as after a dispute, disagreement, or period of inactivity.
- fencelessness — Lack of fences.
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
- french canada — the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate
- french endive — endive (def 2).
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- french letter — a condom.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- full sentence — any sentence the form of which exemplifies the most frequently used structural pattern of a particular language, as, in English, any sentence that contains a subject and a predicate; a sentence from which elliptical sentences may be derived by grammatical transformations.