8-letter words starting with en
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- encoffin — (transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- encomium — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- encrease — Obsolete spelling of increase.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- encrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- encysted — Simple past tense and past participle of encyst.
- end date — day when sth finishes or closes
- end line — American football: field marking
- end user — consumer
- end zone — In American football, an end zone is one of the areas at each end of the field that the ball must cross for a touchdown to be scored.
- end-user — (job) The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. End-users do not usually have administrative responsibilities or privileges. End users are certain to have a different set of assumptions than the developers who created the application.
- endamage — (archaic) To damage.
- endameba — any of a genus (Endamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in invertebrates, as in the digestive tract of cockroaches and termites
- endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
- endarchy — a central government
- endbrain — (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
- endeared — Simple past tense and past participle of endear.
- endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endebted — Obsolete form of indebted.
- endeixis — a sign or mark
- endemics — Plural form of endemic.
- endemism — The state of being endemic.
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- endexine — an inner layer of an exine
- endgames — Plural form of endgame.
- endnotes — Plural form of endnote.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endoderm — The innermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from this, which include the lining of the gut and associated structures.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- endogeny — Growth from within.
- endorsed — Declare one's public approval or support of.
- endorsee — A person to whom a check or bill of exchange is made payable instead of the stated payee.
- endorser — A person who endorses.
- endorses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endorse.
- endosome — (biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- endozoic — (of a plant) living within an animal
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.