9-letter words that end in ce
- permeance — the act of permeating.
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
- pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- precipice — a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- premenace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- purulence — pus.
- quiesence — Misspelling of quiescence.
- quittance — recompense or requital.
- reactance — Electricity. the opposition of inductance and capacitance to alternating current, expressed in ohms: equal to the product of the sine of the angular phase difference between current and voltage and the ratio of the effective voltage to the effective current. Symbol: X. Compare capacitive reactance, inductive reactance.
- readvance — to advance again or further
- rebalance — to balance (something) again
- recalesce — to undergo recalescence
- redivorce — to divorce again
- redolence — having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- reed mace — cattail.
- reenforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- reference — pointer
- refinance — to finance again.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- reinforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- remanence — the magnetic flux that remains in a magnetic circuit after an applied magnetomotive force has been removed.
- reminisce — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- renitence — resisting pressure; resistant.
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- rerebrace — a piece of plate armor for the upper arm; an upper cannon. Compare vambrace (def 1).
- reservice — the act of reserving food that has been served previously
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- resurface — to give a new surface to.
- reticence — the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint: His natural reticence seemed to disappear under the influence of alcohol.
- reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- road race — a race on public roads
- rock face — a perpendicular side of a rock
- rock-face — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- sack race — a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack.
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- save face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- say grace — say prayer before meal