8-letter words starting with en
- enschede — a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province: a major centre of the Dutch cotton industry. Pop: 152 000 (2003 est)
- ensconce — Establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.
- ensemble — A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
- ensenada — seaport in N Baja California, Mexico, on the Pacific: pop. 260,000
- enshield — to protect
- enshrine — Place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
- enshroud — Envelop completely and hide from view.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- ensilage — The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- enslaver — One that enslaves.
- enslaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enslave.
- ensnared — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnare.
- ensnares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensnare.
- ensnarls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensnarl.
- ensorcel — Alternative form of ensorcell.
- ensouled — Simple past tense and past participle of ensoul.
- ensphere — (transitive) To place in a sphere; to envelop.
- enstated — Simple past tense and past participle of enstate.
- ensuites — Plural form of ensuite.
- ensuring — Present participle of ensure.
- enswathe — Envelop or wrap in a garment or piece of fabric.
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- entameba — any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates, esp. a species (E. histolytica) causing amoebic dysentery
- entangle — Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
- entastic — characterized by spasms
- entellus — A small Asian monkey, Presbytis entellus, having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face.
- entended — Simple past tense and past participle of entend.
- entender — (obsolete) To make tender.
- entendre — Only used in double entendre.
- ententes — Plural form of entente.
- enter on — to begin; set out on; start
- enterate — having an intestine separate from the outer wall of the body
- enterics — (biology) Gram-negative eubacteria that inhabit intestines.
- entering — Present participle of enter.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- entheses — Plural form of enthesis.
- enthesis — (anatomy) The point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.
- enthetic — (esp of infectious diseases) introduced into the body from without
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- enthrill — (transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
- enthrone — Install (a monarch) on a throne, especially during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their rule.
- enthused — Past participle of enthuse.
- enthuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthuse.
- enticers — Plural form of enticer.
- enticing — Attractive or tempting; alluring.
- entierly — Archaic form of entirely.
- entirely — Completely (often used for emphasis).
- entirety — The whole of something.