enc: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of enc
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ferenc
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- poulenc2/5
poulenc
- noun French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
Francis Poulenc.
- noun French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
Suffixes of enc
- encourage«Word Popularity Bar5/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
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encouraged
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
bucked up.
- felt bucked up by his success
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
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encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
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encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- encouraging5/5
encouraging
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouraging advances in medical research
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouragement5/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- encounters5/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
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enclosed
- adjective closed in or surrounded or included within
- an enclosed porch
- an enclosed yard
- the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- adjective closed in or surrounded or included within
- encourages4/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- encyclopedia4/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encoding4/5
encoding
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encryption.
- verb convert information into code
encode.
- encode pictures digitally
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- encryption4/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- enclosure4/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- encoded4/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- encompasses4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- encompass4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- encompassing4/5
encompassing
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
wide; across-the-board; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; encompass; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- encrypted4/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- enchanted4/5
enchanted
- adjective influenced as by charms or incantations
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective influenced as by charms or incantations
- encountering4/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- encapsulated4/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- encompassed4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- encode4/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- enclosing4/5
enclosing
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosure.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
- enclose3/5
enclose
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
hold in; confine.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- encyclopaedia3/5
encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encircled3/5
encircled
- adjective satellite confined on all sides
surrounded.
- a camp surrounded by enemies
- the encircled pioneers
- verb form a circle around
encircle; circle.
- encircle the errors
- adjective satellite confined on all sides
- enclosures3/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- encapsulation3/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- encampment3/5
encampment
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
bivouac; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
bivouac; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- encodes3/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- encore3/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- encephalitis3/5
encephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
phrenitis; cephalitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- enclave3/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- encroachment3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- encephalopathy3/5
encephalopathy
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
brain disorder; brain disease.
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
- enchantment3/5
enchantment
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
fascination; enthrallment; captivation.
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
trance; spell.
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- enchanting3/5
enchanting
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; entrancing; enthralling.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- encased3/5
encased
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
incased; cased.
- knights cased in steel
- products encased in leatherette
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; encase; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
- enclaves3/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- encamped3/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- encoder3/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- encircling3/5
encircling
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
skirting.
- his encircling arms
- the room's skirting board needs painting
- verb form a circle around
encircle; circle.
- encircle the errors
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
- encrypt3/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- encroaching3/5
encroaching
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
invasive; trespassing.
- we moved back from the encroaching tide
- invasive tourists
- trespassing hunters
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge; encroach.
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
- encapsulates3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- encumbered3/5
encumbered
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling
- a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
- an encumbered estate
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain; cumber.
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- encapsulate3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- encyclopedic3/5
encyclopedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopaedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- encrusted3/5
encrusted
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
crusty; crusted; crustlike.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust; encrust.
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
- encyclopedias3/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encroachments3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- encyclical3/5
encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
- encloses3/5
enclose
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
hold in; confine.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- encircle3/5
encircle
- verb form a circle around
circle.
- encircle the errors
- verb bind with something round or circular
gird.
- verb form a circle around
- encroach3/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- encrypting2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- encapsulating2/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- encumbrances2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- encumbrance2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- encroached2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- encouragingly2/5
encouragingly
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- `Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- encampments2/5
encampment
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
bivouac; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
bivouac; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- encirclement2/5
encirclement
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
blockade.
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- encephalomyelitis2/5
encephalomyelitis
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- encircles2/5
encircle
- verb form a circle around
circle.
- encircle the errors
- verb bind with something round or circular
gird.
- verb form a circle around
- encomium2/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- encodings2/5
encoding
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encryption.
- verb convert information into code
encode.
- encode pictures digitally
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- enchantments2/5
enchantment
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
fascination; enthrallment; captivation.
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
trance; spell.
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- encyclopaedic2/5
encyclopaedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- encrypts2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- enculturation2/5
enculturation
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
socialisation; acculturation; socialization.
- the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- enchantress2/5
enchantress
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
temptress; Delilah; femme fatale; siren.
- noun a female sorcerer or magician
witch.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- encomienda2/5
encomienda
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- encoders2/5
encoders
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- enchanter2/5
enchanter
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- enchant2/5
enchant
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb hold spellbound
- encumber2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- enchiladas2/5
enchilada
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- encouragements2/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- encase2/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- encasing2/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- encamp2/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- encyclicals2/5
encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
- encourager2/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- encarta2/5
encarta
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- encyclopaedias2/5
encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- enchiridion2/5
enchiridion
- noun a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
vade mecum; handbook.
- noun a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
- encroaches2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- encomiums2/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- encopresis2/5
encopresis
- noun involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
- noun involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
- encephalopathies2/5
encephalopathy
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
brain disorder; brain disease.
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
- encomiendas2/5
- enchilada2/5
enchilada
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- encores2/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- encomenderos2/5
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- enceinte2/5
enceinte
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; expectant; large.
- was big with child
- was great with child
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- encrusting2/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- encasement2/5
encasement
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
incasement.
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
- encaustic2/5
encaustic
- noun a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
- noun a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
- enclitic2/5
enclitic
(Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
- enchained2/5
enchained
- adjective satellite bound with chains
chained.
- enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones
- prisoners in chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
enchain.
- adjective satellite bound with chains
- enchanters2/5
enchanter
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- encrease2/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- ency2/5
ency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encrustation1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- encephalocele1/5
encephalocele
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- enchants1/5
enchant
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb hold spellbound
- encysted1/5
encysted
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
- encreased1/5
- encases1/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- enciphered1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- enculturated1/5
- encyclopedists1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- encamping1/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- encomendero1/5
encomendero
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- enceladus1/5
- encl1/5
encl
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- enchantingly1/5
enchantingly
- adverb in a bewitching manner
enthrallingly; bewitchingly; captivatingly.
- she was bewitchingly beautiful
- adverb in a bewitching manner
- encrustations1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- encina1/5
encina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encouragers1/5
encourager
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
- encryptions1/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- encomia1/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- encompassment1/5
encompassment
- noun including entirely
- noun including entirely
- enchondroma1/5
enchondroma
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- enciphering1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- encyclopedist1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- encored1/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- encumbers1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- encycl1/5
encycl
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encomiastic1/5
encomiastic
- adjective satellite formally expressing praise
panegyrical; eulogistic; panegyric.
- adjective satellite formally expressing praise
- encapsulations1/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- encroachers1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- encyclopaedists1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- enclitics1/5
enclitics
(Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.
- enchain1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- encainide1/5
encainide
- noun antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
Enkaid.
- noun antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
- encephalomalacia1/5
- encephaloceles1/5
encephalocele
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- encreasing1/5
- encipher1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- encephalitic1/5
encephalitic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encyc1/5
encyc
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- encinas1/5
- encipherment1/5
encipherment
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encyst1/5
encyst
To inclose in a cyst.
- encephalartos1/5
encephalartos
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
- encystment1/5
encystment
(Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. ✍ The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
- encephalon1/5
encephalon
- noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
brain.
- noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- encephalitides1/5
encephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
phrenitis; cephalitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- encephalopathic1/5
- enchantresses1/5
enchantress
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
temptress; Delilah; femme fatale; siren.
- noun a female sorcerer or magician
witch.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- encamps1/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- enchainment1/5
enchainment
The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
- encephalitogenic1/5
- encashment1/5
encashment
(Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
- encyclopædia1/5
encyclopædia
The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
- encaged1/5
encage
To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.
- enclaved1/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- encephalomyocarditis1/5
encephalomyocarditis
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- encrust1/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- enchondromas1/5
enchondroma
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- encinal1/5
- enclisis1/5
- encirclements1/5
encirclement
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
blockade.
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- encyclopaedist1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- encyclia1/5
encyclia
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
genus Encyclia.
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
- encephalography1/5
encephalography
- noun roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram
- noun roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram
- encierro1/5
- encephalic1/5
encephalic
(Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
- encreases1/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- encratite1/5
encratite
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent .
- encyclopedism1/5
encyclopedism
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learnedness; learning; erudition; scholarship.
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
- enchaining1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- enceintes1/5
enceinte
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; expectant; large.
- was big with child
- was great with child
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- enculturate1/5
enculturate
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- enchains1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- encashed1/5
encash
(Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
- encasements1/5
encasement
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
incasement.
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
- encephalogram1/5
encephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
electroencephalogram; EEG.
- noun an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast
pneumoencephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- encheiridion1/5
- enculturating1/5
- encash1/5
encash
(Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
- encroacher1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- encelia1/5
encelia
- noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
genus Encelia.
- noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
- enchainement1/5
- encomiast1/5
encomiast
One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.
- encephalomyelopathy1/5
encephalomyelopathy
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- enchased1/5
enchase
To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser.
An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.
- encratism1/5
Derived words of enc
- experience«Word Popularity Bar5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- evidence5/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- science5/5
science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- french5/5
french
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
- influence5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- difference5/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- presence5/5
presence
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- he tested for the presence of radon
- noun the immediate proximity of someone or something
front.
- she blushed in his presence
- he sensed the presence of danger
- he was well behaved in front of company
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- differences5/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- reference5/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- existence5/5
existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
being; beingness.
- a point of view gradually coming into being
- laws in existence for centuries
- noun everything that exists anywhere
universe; creation; macrocosm; world; cosmos.
- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
- violence5/5
violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
force.
- he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- experiences5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- hence5/5
hence
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
so; thus; therefore; thence.
- therefore X must be true
- the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
- we were young and thence optimistic
- it is late and thus we must go
- the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
- adverb from this place
- get thee hence!
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- conference5/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- frequency5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- agency5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- references5/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- audience5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- intelligence5/5
intelligence
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
intelligence service; intelligence agency.
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- sequence5/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- absence5/5
absence
- noun the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- noun failure to be present
- noun the state of being absent
- consequences5/5
consequence
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
aftermath.
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- experienced5/5
experienced
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
experient.
- verb go or live through
see; go through; experience.
- We had many trials to go through
- he saw action in Viet Nam
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
- confidence5/5
confidence
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- sentence5/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- silence5/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- independence5/5
independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independency.
- noun the successful ending of the American Revolution
- they maintained close relations with England even after independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- efficiency5/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- agencies5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- sciences5/5
science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- consequence5/5
consequence
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
aftermath.
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- influenced5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- tendency5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- emergency5/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- essence5/5
essence
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- defence5/5
defence
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defence mechanism; defense reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defence reaction.
- noun (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
defense; defending team.
- his teams are always good on defense
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- influences5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- sentences5/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- currency5/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- dependence5/5
dependence
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- residence5/5
residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
abode.
- a person can have several residences
- noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- he refused to live in the governor's residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- lawrence5/5
lawrence
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
St. Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; Laurentius.
- noun Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
Thomas Edward Lawrence; T. E. Lawrence; Lawrence of Arabia.
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- correspondence5/5
correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- noun compatibility of observations
agreement.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- preference5/5
preference
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; penchant.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a predisposition in favor of something
predilection; orientation.
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- noun a strong liking
- emergence5/5
emergence
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
outgrowth; growth.
- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
- noun the becoming visible
egress; issue.
- not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
- preferences5/5
preference
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; penchant.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a predisposition in favor of something
predilection; orientation.
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- noun a strong liking
- incidence5/5
incidence
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative incidence.
- noun the striking of a light beam on a surface
- he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- sequences5/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- conscience5/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- occurrence5/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- interference5/5
interference
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
intervention.
- noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hinderance; hindrance.
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
- competence5/5
competence
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competency.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- deficiency5/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- patience5/5
patience
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; forbearance.
- noun a card game played by one person
solitaire.
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- consistency5/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- audiences5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- frequencies5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- prevalence5/5
prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- bench5/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- fence5/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- experiencing5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- florence5/5
florence
An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.
- obedience5/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- excellence5/5
excellence
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellency.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- convergence5/5
convergence
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergency.
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- conferences5/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- presidency5/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- offence5/5
offence
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
offense; offensive.
- noun the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
offense.
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
- inference5/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- convenience5/5
convenience
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun the quality of being useful and convenient
- they offered the convenience of an installment plan
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- pencil5/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- tendencies5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- dependency5/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- providence5/5
providence
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- divine providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
capital of Rhode Island.
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- transparency5/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- innocence5/5
innocence
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; artlessness; ingenuousness.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; sinlessness; purity; pureness.
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- spencer5/5
spencer
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. Obs. Promptorium Parvulorum.
- indifference5/5
indifference
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
stolidity; impassiveness; unemotionality; impassivity; emotionlessness; phlegm.
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- persistence5/5
persistence
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
continuity.
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity.
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- commenced4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- adolescence4/5
adolescence
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- noun in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- negligence4/5
negligence
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; nonperformance; neglect.
- noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
neglectfulness; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- coherence4/5
coherence
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherency.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherency.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- influencing4/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- whence4/5
whence
- adverb from what place, source, or cause
- adverb from what place, source, or cause
- coincidence4/5
coincidence
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
happenstance.
- noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
- he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- insistence4/5
insistence
- noun continual and persistent demands
insisting.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; imperativeness.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun continual and persistent demands
- contingency4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- adherence4/5
adherence
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adhesion; attachment.
- attachment to a formal agenda
- adherence to a fat-free diet
- the adhesion of Seville was decisive
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adhesiveness; adhesion; bond.
- the mutual adhesiveness of cells
- a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- subsistence4/5
subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- social security provided only a bare subsistence
- noun a means of surviving
- farming is a hard means of subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- reverence4/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- fluorescence4/5
fluorescence
- noun light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- noun light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- prominence4/5
prominence
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- noun relative importance
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- deficiencies4/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- thence4/5
thence
- adverb from that place or from there
therefrom.
- proceeded thence directly to college
- flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
- roads that lead therefrom
- adverb from that circumstance or source
therefrom; thereof.
- atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine
- a natural conclusion follows thence
- public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
- typhus fever results therefrom
- adverb from that place or from there
- urgency4/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- recurrence4/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- sentenced4/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- offences4/5
offence
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
offense; offensive.
- noun the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
offense.
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
- licence4/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- competencies4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- trench4/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- evidenced4/5
evidenced
- adjective satellite supported by evidence
- their evidenced friendliness to the US
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- adjective satellite supported by evidence
- commencement4/5
commencement
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; start; offset; beginning; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
graduation exercise; commencement ceremony; graduation; commencement exercise.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
- occurrences4/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- inferences4/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- interdependence4/5
interdependence
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependency.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- benchmark4/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- sentencing4/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- divergence4/5
divergence
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergency.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- equivalence4/5
equivalence
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equation; equality; par.
- on a par with the best
- noun essential equality and interchangeability
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- prudence4/5
prudence
- noun discretion in practical affairs
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
circumspection; discretion; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun discretion in practical affairs
- precedence4/5
precedence
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedency.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; anteriority; priority; antecedence; precedency.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- turbulence4/5
turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- proficiency4/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- ambivalence4/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- sequencing4/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- henceforth4/5
henceforth
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
henceforward.
- henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
- competency4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- delinquency4/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- referenced4/5
referenced
- adjective satellite supported with written references or citations
- a carefully referenced biography
- verb refer to
cite; reference.
- he referenced his colleagues' work
- adjective satellite supported with written references or citations
- constituency4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- jurisprudence4/5
jurisprudence
- noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal philosophy; law.
- noun the collection of rules imposed by authority
law.
- civilization presupposes respect for the law
- the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
- noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- clarence4/5
clarence
- noun a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
- noun a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
- trenches4/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- diligence4/5
diligence
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; industriousness.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- entrenched4/5
entrenched
- adjective satellite dug in
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench; intrench.
- adjective satellite dug in
- deference4/5
deference
- noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
respect.
- his deference to her wishes was very flattering
- be sure to give my respects to the dean
- noun courteous regard for people's feelings
respect; respectfulness.
- in deference to your wishes
- out of respect for his privacy
- noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- impatience4/5
impatience
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
restlessness.
- noun a restless desire for change and excitement
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- transcendence4/5
transcendence
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendency.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
superiority; transcendency.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- clenched4/5
clenched
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
clinched.
- a clenched fist
- his clenched (or clinched) teeth
- verb hold in a tight grasp
clinch; clench.
- clench a steering wheel
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
- indulgence4/5
indulgence
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
self-indulgence.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- potency4/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- eloquence4/5
eloquence
- noun powerful and effective language
fluency; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun powerful and effective language
- emergencies4/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- resilience4/5
resilience
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resiliency.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resiliency.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
- commence4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- fences4/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- latency4/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- currencies4/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- circumference4/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- disobedience4/5
disobedience
- noun the failure to obey
noncompliance.
- noun the trait of being unwilling to obey
- noun the failure to obey
- sufficiency4/5
sufficiency
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
enough.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- laurence4/5
laurence
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- dependencies4/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- constituencies4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- incontinence4/5
incontinence
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
incontinency.
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
dissoluteness; self-gratification.
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
- inconsistency4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- benches4/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- insufficiency4/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- benevolence4/5
benevolence
- noun disposition to do good
- noun an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- noun disposition to do good
- transference4/5
transference
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- noun transferring ownership
transfer.
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- excellency4/5
excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
- neuroscience4/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- frenchman4/5
frenchman
A native or one of the people of France.
- valence4/5
valence
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valency.
- noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
valency.
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- eminence4/5
eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle; tuberosity.
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- deterrence4/5
deterrence
- noun a negative motivational influence
disincentive.
- noun a communication that makes you afraid to try something
determent; intimidation.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- inexperienced4/5
inexperienced
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
inexperient.
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
- inconvenience4/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- abstinence4/5
abstinence
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
abstention.
- noun act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- silenced4/5
silenced
- adjective reduced to silence
- the silenced crowd waited expectantly
- verb cause to be quiet or not talk
shut up; hush up; hush; quieten; still; silence.
- Please silence the children in the church!
- adjective reduced to silence
- permanence4/5
permanence
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanency.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- fluency4/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- immunodeficiency4/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- nomenclature4/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- defences4/5
defence
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defence mechanism; defense reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defence reaction.
- noun (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
defense; defending team.
- his teams are always good on defense
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- contingencies4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- inconsistencies4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- residency4/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- decency4/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- coexistence4/5
coexistence
- noun existing peacefully together
- noun existing peacefully together
- reminiscences4/5
reminiscence
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; recollection.
- he has total recall of the episode
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- residences4/5
residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
abode.
- a person can have several residences
- noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- he refused to live in the governor's residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- evidences4/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- efficiencies4/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- incompetence4/5
incompetence
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetency.
- noun inability of a part or organ to function properly
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- impotence4/5
impotence
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotency.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
impotency.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- pencils4/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- insolvency4/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- resurgence4/5
resurgence
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
revivification; revitalisation; revival; revitalization.
- the revival of trade
- a revival of a neglected play by Moliere
- the Gothic revival in architecture
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
- inefficiency4/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- benchmarks4/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- insurgency4/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- confluence4/5
confluence
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
meeting.
- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
- noun a flowing together
merging; conflux.
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- commencing4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- benchmarking3/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- fencing3/5
fencing
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fence.
- noun material for building fences
fencing material.
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- pretence3/5
pretence
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
pretension; pretense.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretense; pretext.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
- stench3/5
stench
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
foetor; stink; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek.
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- spence3/5
spence
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
- valencia3/5
valencia
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. Written also valentia .
- terence3/5
terence
- noun dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
Publius Terentius Afer.
- noun dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
- drenched3/5
drenched
- adjective satellite abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
drenched in.
- drenched in moonlight
- moon-drenched meadows
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
drench; swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- adjective satellite abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
- salience3/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- acquiescence3/5
acquiescence
- noun acceptance without protest
- noun agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
assent.
- he gave his assent eagerly
- a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly
- noun acceptance without protest
- frenchmen3/5
frenchman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchwoman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- complacency3/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- credence3/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- licences3/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- cadence3/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- magnificence3/5
magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- affluence3/5
affluence
- noun abundant wealth
richness.
- they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
- the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
- noun abundant wealth
- referencing3/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- silencing3/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- virulence3/5
virulence
- noun extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
virulency.
- the virulence of the plague
- noun extreme hostility
virulency.
- the virulence of the malicious old man
- noun extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
- concurrence3/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- congruence3/5
congruence
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
congruity; congruousness.
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- wrench3/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- commences3/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- expediency3/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- pence3/5
penny
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- noun a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
centime; cent.
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- silences3/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- decadence3/5
decadence
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degeneration; decadency; degeneracy.
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- provence3/5
provence
- noun a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
- noun a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
- regency3/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- correspondences3/5
correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- noun compatibility of observations
agreement.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- exigencies3/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- penchant3/5
penchant
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; preference.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a strong liking
- essences3/5
essence
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- absences3/5
absence
- noun the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- noun failure to be present
- noun the state of being absent
- fenced3/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- omnipotence3/5
omnipotence
- noun the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
- noun the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
- quenching3/5
quenching
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
extinction; extinguishing.
- the extinction of the lights
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- intelligences3/5
intelligence
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
intelligence service; intelligence agency.
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- consciences3/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- quench3/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- parenchyma3/5
parenchyma
- noun animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
- noun the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
- noun animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
- ambience3/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- competences3/5
competence
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competency.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- conferencing3/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- quenched3/5
quenched
- adjective satellite allayed
slaked; satisfied.
- his thirst quenched he was able to continue
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- adjective satellite allayed
- nonviolence3/5
nonviolence
- noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
nonviolent resistance; passive resistance.
- noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
- pestilence3/5
pestilence
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
plague; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- sequenced3/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- subsidence3/5
subsidence
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
remittal; remission.
- his cancer is in remission
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
settling; subsiding.
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- insolence3/5
insolence
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall.
- noun an offensive disrespectful impudent act
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- reticence3/5
reticence
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
taciturnity; reserve.
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- wrenched3/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- wrenching3/5
wrenching
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
racking.
- a wrenching pain
- verb twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
twist; wrench.
- wrench a window off its hinges
- wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
- a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
- clemency3/5
clemency
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
mildness.
- noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
mercy; mercifulness.
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
- reminiscence3/5
reminiscence
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; recollection.
- he has total recall of the episode
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- beneficence3/5
beneficence
- noun doing good; feeling beneficent
- noun the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
- noun doing good; feeling beneficent
- obsolescence3/5
obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- a policy of planned obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- luminescence3/5
luminescence
- noun light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
- noun light from nonthermal sources
glow.
- noun light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
- vehemence3/5
vehemence
- noun intensity or forcefulness of expression
emphasis.
- the vehemence of his denial
- his emphasis on civil rights
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun intensity or forcefulness of expression
- concurrency3/5
concurrency
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrence.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrence.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- inefficiencies3/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- coincidences3/5
coincidence
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
happenstance.
- noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
- he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- interagency3/5
interagency
Intermediate agency.
- indulgences3/5
indulgence
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
self-indulgence.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- inexperience3/5
inexperience
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
rawness.
- procedural inexperience created difficulties
- their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
- stencil3/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- immanence3/5
immanence
- noun the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
immanency.
- noun the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
- conveniences3/5
conveniences
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
creature comforts; amenities; comforts.
- all the comforts of home
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
convenience.
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
- retrenchment3/5
retrenchment
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
downsizing; curtailment.
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- senescence3/5
senescence
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
aging; ageing.
- noun the property characteristic of old age
agedness.
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
- solvency3/5
solvency
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- indolence3/5
indolence
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
laziness.
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
- confidences3/5
confidence
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- patency3/5
patency
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
obviousness; noticeability; noticeableness.
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- continence3/5
continence
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
continency.
- noun voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- disenchantment3/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- coalescence3/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- countertransference3/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- sixpence3/5
sixpence
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
tanner.
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- transparencies3/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- penitence3/5
penitence
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penance.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- resiliency3/5
resiliency
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resilience.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resilience.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- inconveniences3/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- despondency3/5
despondency
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
disconsolateness; heartsickness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- interferences3/5
interference
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
intervention.
- noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hinderance; hindrance.
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
- mesenchymal3/5
- abhorrence3/5
abhorrence
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; execration; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun hate coupled with disgust
- incoherence3/5
incoherence
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherency.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherency; unintelligibility.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- recurrences3/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- leniency3/5
leniency
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenience; lenity.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; indulgence.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- divergences3/5
divergence
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergency.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- preeminence3/5
preeminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; eminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- omniscience3/5
omniscience
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- parenchymal3/5
parenchymal
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
- opulence3/5
opulence
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
sumptuousness; luxury; luxuriousness.
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- disenchanted3/5
disenchanted
- adjective freed from enchantment
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective freed from enchantment
- radiofrequency3/5
- workbench3/5
workbench
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
work bench; bench.
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- unencumbered3/5
unencumbered
- adjective free of encumbrance
- inherited an unencumbered estate
- adjective satellite not burdened with cares or responsibilities
- living an unencumbered life
- adjective free of encumbrance
- mencius3/5
mencius
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- glencoe3/5
- adjacency3/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- impudence3/5
impudence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impertinence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- interdependencies3/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- subservience3/5
subservience
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- all his actions were in subservience to the general plan
- noun in a subservient state
subservientness.
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- existences3/5
existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
being; beingness.
- a point of view gradually coming into being
- laws in existence for centuries
- noun everything that exists anywhere
universe; creation; macrocosm; world; cosmos.
- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
- clenching3/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- terrence3/5
terrence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- incidences3/5
incidence
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative incidence.
- noun the striking of a light beam on a surface
- he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- defenceless3/5
defenceless
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
defenseless.
- a defenseless child
- adjective satellite lacking weapons for self-defense
defenseless.
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
- mencken3/5
mencken
- noun United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
H. L. Mencken; Henry Louis Mencken.
- noun United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
- wench3/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- counterinsurgency3/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- videoconferencing3/5
videoconferencing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- quintessence3/5
quintessence
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
ether.
- noun the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- fluence3/5
fluence
Fluency. Obs. Milton.
- eysenck3/5
eysenck
- noun a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
Hans Jurgen Eysenck; Hans Eysenck; H. J. Eysenck.
- noun a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
- presences3/5
presence
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- he tested for the presence of radon
- noun the immediate proximity of someone or something
front.
- she blushed in his presence
- he sensed the presence of danger
- he was well behaved in front of company
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- intransigence3/5
intransigence
- noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
intransigency.
- noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
- cadences3/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- indecency3/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- impertinence3/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- condolences3/5
condolence
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
commiseration.
- they sent their condolences
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- convalescence3/5
convalescence
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
recuperation; recovery.
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
- thenceforth3/5
thenceforth
- adverb from that time on
thereafter.
- thereafter he never called again
- adverb from that time on
- permanency3/5
permanency
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanence.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- counterintelligence3/5
counterintelligence
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- intelligencer3/5
intelligencer
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.
- trenchant3/5
trenchant
- adjective satellite having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
searching.
- searching insights
- trenchant criticism
- adjective satellite characterized by or full of force and vigor
hard-hitting.
- a hard-hitting expose
- a trenchant argument
- adjective satellite having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
- nonexistence3/5
nonexistence
- noun the state of not existing
nonentity.
- noun the state of not existing
- latencies3/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- impermanence3/5
impermanence
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
impermanency.
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
- henchmen2/5
henchman
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; confederate.
- noun someone who assists in a plot
- superintendence2/5
superintendence
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
oversight; supervising; supervision.
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
- immunofluorescence2/5
immunofluorescence
- noun (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
- noun (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
- entrenchment2/5
entrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
intrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- birefringence2/5
birefringence
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
double refraction.
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
- diffidence2/5
diffidence
- noun lack of self-confidence
self-distrust; self-doubt.
- noun lack of self-confidence
- inflorescence2/5
inflorescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering.
- noun the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- equivalency2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- henceforward2/5
henceforward
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
henceforth.
- henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
- bioscience2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- provencal2/5
provencal
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Occitan.
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- omnipresence2/5
omnipresence
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ubiquity; ubiquitousness.
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
- interdependency2/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- clemenceau2/5
clemenceau
- noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau; Georges Clemenceau.
- noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
- clench2/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- malevolence2/5
malevolence
- noun wishing evil to others
malignity.
- noun the quality of threatening evil
malevolency; malice.
- noun wishing evil to others
- interscience2/5
interscience
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- flatulence2/5
flatulence
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
flatulency; gas.
- noun pompously embellished language
turgidness; turgidity.
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- audiencia2/5
audiencia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stringency2/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- transience2/5
transience
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transitoriness; transiency.
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
briefness; brevity.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- quiescence2/5
quiescence
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
dormancy; quiescency.
- the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy
- noun quiet and inactive restfulness
sleeping; quiescency; dormancy.
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- condolence2/5
condolence
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
commiseration.
- they sent their condolences
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- flamenco2/5
flamenco
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- noun a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
gypsy dancing.
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- dependences2/5
dependence
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- imprudence2/5
imprudence
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- exigency2/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- drenching2/5
drenching
- noun the act of making something completely wet
soaking; souse; sousing.
- he gave it a good drenching
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
drench; swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- noun the act of making something completely wet
- neurosciences2/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- imminence2/5
imminence
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
imminentness; forthcomingness; impendence; imminency; impendency.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- sequencer2/5
sequencer
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
sequenator.
- noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
- irreverence2/5
irreverence
- noun an irreverent mental attitude
- noun a disrespectful act
violation.
- noun an irreverent mental attitude
- ascendency2/5
ascendency
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- incumbency2/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- unquenchable2/5
unquenchable
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
quenchless.
- unquenchable thirst
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
- evidencing2/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- potencies2/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- prescience2/5
prescience
- noun the power to foresee the future
prevision.
- noun the power to foresee the future
- overconfidence2/5
overconfidence
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
certitude; cocksureness.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- somnolence2/5
somnolence
- noun a very sleepy state
drowsiness; sleepiness.
- sleepiness causes many driving accidents
- noun a very sleepy state
- pretences2/5
pretence
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
pretension; pretense.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretense; pretext.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
- supervenience2/5
- mesenchyme2/5
mesenchyme
- noun mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
- noun mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
- montmorency2/5
- recency2/5
recency
- noun a time immediately before the present
recentness.
- noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recentness.
- noun a time immediately before the present
- presidencies2/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- entrench2/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- valency2/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- biosciences2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- insurgencies2/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- stencils2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- reemergence2/5
reemergence
Act of remerging.
- photoluminescence2/5
photoluminescence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- electroencephalogram2/5
electroencephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
EEG; encephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- dehiscence2/5
dehiscence
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- silencer2/5
silencer
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- noun a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
muffler.
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- pertinence2/5
pertinence
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinency; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- wrenches2/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- pendency2/5
pendency
The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
- cuenca2/5
cuenca
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- munificence2/5
munificence
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
largess; largesse; magnanimity; openhandedness.
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
- saliency2/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- faience2/5
faience
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- submergence2/5
submergence
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
immersion; submersion; submerging.
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
- dissidence2/5
dissidence
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- cogency2/5
cogency
- noun persuasive relevance
- noun the quality of being valid and rigorous
rigor; rigour; validity.
- noun persuasive relevance
- electroencephalography2/5
electroencephalography
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- experiencer2/5
experiencer
One who experiences.
- phosphorescence2/5
phosphorescence
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- excellences2/5
excellence
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellency.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- thenceforward2/5
thenceforward
From that time onward; thenceforth.
- prominences2/5
prominence
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- noun relative importance
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- entrenchments2/5
entrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
intrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- belligerence2/5
belligerence
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
belligerency.
- noun a natural disposition to be hostile
pugnacity; aggressiveness.
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- geoscience2/5
geoscience
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- coherency2/5
coherency
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherence.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherence.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- excellencies2/5
excellency
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- trenchard2/5
- sentience2/5
sentience
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
awareness.
- the crash intruded on his awareness
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sentiency; sensory faculty; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
- effervescence2/5
effervescence
- noun the process of bubbling as gas escapes
- noun the property of giving off bubbles
bubbliness; frothiness.
- noun the process of bubbling as gas escapes
- concupiscence2/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- henchman2/5
henchman
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; confederate.
- noun someone who assists in a plot
- equivalences2/5
equivalence
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equation; equality; par.
- on a par with the best
- noun essential equality and interchangeability
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- penciled2/5
penciled
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
pencilled.
- a penciled sketch
- the penciled message
- verb write, draw, or trace with a pencil
pencil.
- he penciled a figure
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
- stenciled2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- recommenced2/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- persistency2/5
persistency
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- differencing2/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- teleconferencing2/5
teleconferencing
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconference.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- diencephalon2/5
diencephalon
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
interbrain; thalmencephalon; betweenbrain.
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
- chemiluminescence2/5
chemiluminescence
- noun luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
- noun luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
- incompetency2/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- rencontre2/5
rencontre
Same as Rencounter , n.
- decoherence2/5
- inconvenienced2/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- efflorescence2/5
efflorescence
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
- noun any red eruption of the skin
skin rash; roseola; rash.
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- tench2/5
tench
- noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
Tinca tinca.
- noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
- incongruence2/5
incongruence
Want of congruence; incongruity. Boyle.
- frenchwoman2/5
frenchwoman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- residencies2/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- reverenced2/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- vergence2/5
vergence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bioluminescence2/5
bioluminescence
- noun luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
- noun luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
- independency2/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- convergences2/5
convergence
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergency.
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- indigence2/5
indigence
- noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
need; pauperization; penury; pauperism.
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
- noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- entrenching2/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- postindependence2/5
- consistencies2/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- subsequence2/5
subsequence
- noun something that follows something else
sequel.
- noun following in time
posteriority; subsequentness.
- noun something that follows something else
- drench2/5
drench
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- verb force to drink
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- noninterference2/5
noninterference
- noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
nonintervention.
- noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
- uninfluenced2/5
uninfluenced
- adjective satellite not influenced or affected
untouched; unswayed.
- stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington
- unswayed by personal considerations
- adjective satellite not influenced or affected
- geosciences2/5
- translucency2/5
translucency
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
semitransparency; translucence.
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
- congruency2/5
- tangency2/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- inflorescences2/5
inflorescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering.
- noun the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- phencyclidine2/5
phencyclidine
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
angel dust; PCP; phencyclidine hydrochloride.
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
- valenciennes2/5
valenciennes
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- noun a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns
Valenciennes lace.
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- selfsufficiency2/5
- pseudoscience2/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- consistence2/5
consistence
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistency.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; eubstance; consistency.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
- pencilled2/5
pencilled
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
penciled.
- a penciled sketch
- the penciled message
- verb write, draw, or trace with a pencil
pencil.
- he penciled a figure
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
- electroencephalographic2/5
electroencephalographic
- adjective of or relating to an electroencephalograph
- adjective of or relating to an electroencephalograph
- valences2/5
valence
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valency.
- noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
valency.
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- trenching2/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- inadvertence2/5
inadvertence
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
oversight.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertency.
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
- twopence2/5
twopence
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
tuppence.
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
- sence2/5
sence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- effulgence2/5
effulgence
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; radiance; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- clemence2/5
clemence
Clemency. Obs. Spenser.
- frenchy2/5
- ambivalences2/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- impotency2/5
impotency
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotence.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
impotence.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- superintendency2/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- influencers2/5
- delinquencies2/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- infrequency2/5
infrequency
- noun noteworthy scarcity
rareness; rarity.
- noun noteworthy scarcity
- wenches2/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- alencon2/5
alencon
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bioequivalence2/5
- unencrypted2/5
- intrenched2/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- intrenchments2/5
intrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
entrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- retrenched2/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- telencephalon2/5
telencephalon
- noun the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- noun the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- eminences2/5
eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle; tuberosity.
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- overindulgence2/5
overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
excess.
- the child was spoiled by overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
- videoconference2/5
videoconference
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- presentence2/5
presentence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recommence2/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- pungency2/5
pungency
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
bite.
- he commented with typical pungency
- the bite of satire
- noun a strong odor or taste property
bite; sharpness; raciness.
- the pungency of mustard
- the sulfurous bite of garlic
- the sharpness of strange spices
- the raciness of the wine
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- expedience2/5
expedience
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expediency.
- noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- incandescence2/5
incandescence
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
glow.
- noun light from heat
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- renascence2/5
renascence
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; rebirth.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renaissance.
- noun a second or new birth
- autofluorescence2/5
autofluorescence
- noun self-induced fluorescence
- noun self-induced fluorescence
- meningoencephalitis2/5
meningoencephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
cerebromeningitis; encephalomeningitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
- mesencephalic2/5
mesencephalic
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.
- anencephaly2/5
anencephaly
- noun a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
anencephalia.
- noun a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
- benchmarked2/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- teleconference2/5
teleconference
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconferencing.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- inferencing2/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- excrescences2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- violences2/5
violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
force.
- he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- recrudescence2/5
recrudescence
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- a recrudescence of racism
- a recrudescence of the symptoms
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- benchley2/5
benchley
- noun United States humorist (1889-1945)
Robert Benchley; Robert Charles Benchley.
- noun United States humorist (1889-1945)
- quencher2/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- inherence2/5
inherence
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
inherency.
- the inherence of polysemy in human language
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
- nonadherence2/5
- iridescence2/5
iridescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
opalescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- provenience2/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- coreference2/5
coreference
- noun the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
- noun the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
- belligerency2/5
belligerency
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
belligerence.
- noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
hostilities.
- the outbreak of hostilities
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- telepresence2/5
- consilience2/5
consilience
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.
- tuppence2/5
tuppence
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
twopence.
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
- midsentence2/5
- proficiencies2/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- mayence2/5
- backbenchers2/5
backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- codependency2/5
codependency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- occurence2/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- preexistence2/5
preexistence
- noun existing in a former state or previous to something else
- noun existing in a former state or previous to something else
- transferences2/5
transference
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- noun transferring ownership
transfer.
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- evanescence2/5
evanescence
- noun the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
- the evanescence of the morning mist
- noun the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
- fluences2/5
fluence
Fluency. Obs. Milton.
- circumferences2/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- intermittency2/5
intermittency
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
intermittence.
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
- threepence2/5
threepence
- noun former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
- noun former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
- mesencephalon2/5
mesencephalon
- noun the middle portion of the brain
midbrain.
- noun the middle portion of the brain
- improvidence2/5
improvidence
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
shortsightedness.
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
- stenciling2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- excrescence2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- subsequences2/5
subsequence
- noun something that follows something else
sequel.
- noun following in time
posteriority; subsequentness.
- noun something that follows something else
- differenced2/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- providences2/5
providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
capital of Rhode Island.
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- divine providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
- resistencia2/5
- decencies2/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- retrench2/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- fencer2/5
fencer
- noun someone skilled at fencing
swordsman.
- noun someone skilled at fencing
- trencher2/5
trencher
- noun someone who digs trenches
- noun a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
- noun someone who digs trenches
- residencia2/5
residencia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- silencers2/5
silencer
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- noun a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
muffler.
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- fourpence2/5
fourpence
- noun a former English silver coin worth four pennies
groat.
- noun a former English silver coin worth four pennies
- quenches2/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- prevalences2/5
prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- fervency2/5
fervency
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
fervor; fervidness; fire; ardor; fervour; ardour.
- he spoke with great ardor
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
- reoccurrence2/5
reoccurrence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- reexperiencing2/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- exigence2/5
exigence
Exigency. Hooker.
- electroluminescence2/5
electroluminescence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sequencers2/5
sequencer
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
sequenator.
- noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
- insufficiencies2/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- adjacencies2/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- thermoluminescence2/5
thermoluminescence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nescience2/5
nescience
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
ignorantness; unknowingness; unknowing.
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
- tumescence2/5
tumescence
- noun tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
- noun tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
- unfenced2/5
unfenced
- adjective satellite not enclosed by a fence
- adjective satellite not enclosed by a fence
- remanence2/5
remanence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- halfpence2/5
halfpenny
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
ha'penny.
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
- eurocurrency2/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- unclenched2/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- backbench2/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- pubescence2/5
pubescence
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
puberty.
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
- hench2/5
hench
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stencilled2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- influencer2/5
influencer
One who, or that which, influences.
- urgencies2/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- innocency2/5
innocency
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- the innocencies of childhood
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- radiolucency2/5
radiolucency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ebullience2/5
ebullience
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; exuberance.
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
- microencapsulation2/5
microencapsulation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- equivalencies2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- retrenchments2/5
retrenchment
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
downsizing; curtailment.
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- coherences2/5
coherence
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherency.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherency.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- spencers2/5
spencer
- noun English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
Herbert Spencer.
- noun English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
- unenclosed2/5
unenclosed
- adjective not closed in our surrounded or included
- an unenclosed porch
- unenclosed common land
- adjective not closed in our surrounded or included
- frenchness2/5
- confluences2/5
confluence
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
meeting.
- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
- noun a flowing together
merging; conflux.
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- subserviency2/5
subserviency
The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.
- corpulence2/5
corpulence
- noun the property of excessive fatness
stoutness; overweight; adiposis.
- noun the property of excessive fatness
- absorbency2/5
absorbency
- noun the property of being absorbent
- noun the property of being absorbent
- trenchantly2/5
trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- he defended his client's civil rights trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- immunodeficiencies2/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- multifrequency2/5
- clenches2/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- opencast2/5
opencast
- adjective satellite (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
opencut.
- opencast mining
- an opencut iron mine
- adjective satellite (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
- inclemency2/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- stridency2/5
stridency
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
stridence; shrillness.
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
- diencephalic2/5
- inconsequence2/5
inconsequence
- noun having no important effects or influence
- noun invalid or incorrect reasoning
illogicalness; illogic; illogicality.
- noun having no important effects or influence
- translucence2/5
translucence
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
translucency; semitransparency.
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
- rencontres2/5
- experiencers2/5
- nonemergency2/5
- resistence1/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- pestilences1/5
pestilence
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
plague; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- nomenclatures1/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- recompence1/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- benchers1/5
bencher
(Eng. Law) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
- bivalence1/5
bivalence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- transparence1/5
transparence
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparency.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparentness; transparency.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- parenchymatous1/5
parenchymatous
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, .parenchymatous degeneration
- repellency1/5
repellency
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
- immunocompetence1/5
immunocompetence
- noun the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- noun the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- multiagency1/5
- nonoccurrence1/5
nonoccurrence
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- complacence1/5
complacence
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
self-complacency; complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- trenched1/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- florescence1/5
florescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; anthesis; flowering; inflorescence.
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- coresidence1/5
- divergencies1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- benched1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- conveniency1/5
conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
- overdependence1/5
overdependence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- spencerian1/5
spencerian
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- truculence1/5
truculence
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
truculency.
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
- reexperience1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- exigences1/5
exigence
Exigency. Hooker.
- elenchus1/5
elenchus
Same as Elench .
- astringency1/5
astringency
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
astringence.
- noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
stypsis.
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- reverences1/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- effluence1/5
effluence
- noun the process of flowing out
efflux; outflow.
- noun the process of flowing out
- prurience1/5
prurience
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
pruriency; lasciviousness; lubricity; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- ninepence1/5
ninepence
- noun a coin worth nine pennies
- noun a coin worth nine pennies
- telencephalic1/5
- presidencia1/5
presidencia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- maleficence1/5
maleficence
- noun doing or causing evil
- noun the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
mischief; balefulness.
- noun doing or causing evil
- frenchwomen1/5
frenchwoman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- incurrence1/5
incurrence
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- insolvencies1/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- dereference1/5
dereference
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- anencephalic1/5
anencephalic
- adjective characterized by partial or total absence of a brain
anencephalous.
- adjective characterized by partial or total absence of a brain
- fraudulence1/5
fraudulence
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
duplicity.
- noun the quality of being fraudulent
deceit.
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
- avirulence1/5
- blench1/5
blench
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; pale.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- workbenches1/5
workbench
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
work bench; bench.
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- wenceslaus1/5
- teleconferences1/5
teleconference
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconferencing.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- unclenching1/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- cathodoluminescence1/5
cathodoluminescence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- regencies1/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- licenced1/5
licenced
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
commissioned; accredited; licensed.
- an accredited college
- commissioned broker
- licensed pharmacist
- authorized representative
- verb authorize officially
certify; licence; license.
- I am licensed to practice law in this state
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
- disfluencies1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- fencers1/5
fencer
- noun someone skilled at fencing
swordsman.
- noun someone skilled at fencing
- preadolescence1/5
preadolescence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- congruences1/5
congruence
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
congruity; congruousness.
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- codependence1/5
- entrenches1/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- panencephalitis1/5
panencephalitis
- noun diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
- noun diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
- electroencephalograph1/5
electroencephalograph
- noun medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
- noun medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
- conscienceless1/5
conscienceless
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
unconscionable.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- insurgence1/5
insurgence
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgency.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- interdependences1/5
interdependence
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependency.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- lucency1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
- copresence1/5
- sixpences1/5
sixpence
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
tanner.
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- concrescence1/5
concrescence
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. R. Sir W. Raleigh.
- microencapsulated1/5
microencapsulated
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- trenchers1/5
trencher
- noun someone who digs trenches
- noun a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
- noun someone who digs trenches
- apparence1/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- dereferencing1/5
- unexperienced1/5
unexperienced
Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. Swift.
- cadenced1/5
cadenced
- adjective satellite marked by a rhythmical cadence
cadent.
- the cadenced crunch of marching feet
- adjective satellite marked by a rhythmical cadence
- unquenched1/5
unquenched
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- frenchified1/5
frenchify
- verb make French in appearance or character
- let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money
- verb become French in appearance or character
- This restaurant has Frenchified
- verb make French in appearance or character
- videoconferences1/5
- counterevidence1/5
- indecencies1/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- eightpence1/5
eightpence
- noun a coin worth eight pennies
- noun a coin worth eight pennies
- polyvalence1/5
polyvalence
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; multivalency; multivalence.
- noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
polyvalency.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- disfluency1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- grandiloquence1/5
grandiloquence
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; rhetoric; ornateness; magniloquence.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- retrenching1/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- succulence1/5
succulence
- noun a juicy appetizingness
juiciness; succulency.
- noun a juicy appetizingness
- commencements1/5
commencement
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; start; offset; beginning; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
graduation exercise; commencement ceremony; graduation; commencement exercise.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
- idence1/5
idence
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- backbencher1/5
backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- balenciaga1/5
balenciaga
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
Cristobal Balenciaga.
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
- inconveniencing1/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- antiviolence1/5
- transiency1/5
transiency
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transitoriness.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- emergences1/5
emergence
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
outgrowth; growth.
- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
- noun the becoming visible
egress; issue.
- not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
- subjacency1/5
- sapience1/5
sapience
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
wisdom.
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- turbulences1/5
turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- occurences1/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- pendence1/5
pendence
Slope; inclination. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.
- drenches1/5
drench
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- verb force to drink
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- commencer1/5
commencer
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sclerenchyma1/5
sclerenchyma
(Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic .✍ By recent german writers and their English translation, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
- inconveniencies1/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- precedency1/5
precedency
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedence.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; antecedence.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- fencibles1/5
fencible
(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
- urgence1/5
urgence
Urgency. Obs.
- antecedence1/5
antecedence
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; precedency.
- noun preceding in time
- reverencing1/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- stencilling1/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- nonscience1/5
- despondence1/5
despondence
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- bencher1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- valencies1/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- nomenclatural1/5
nomenclatural
Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
- lenience1/5
lenience
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenity; leniency.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
indulgence; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- accidence1/5
accidence
- noun the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
inflectional morphology.
- noun the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
- inexistence1/5
inexistence
Inherence; subsistence . Bp. Hall.
- benching1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- electroencephalograms1/5
electroencephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
EEG; encephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- clairaudience1/5
- preindependence1/5
- unclench1/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- licencing1/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- postemergence1/5
- quenchers1/5
quencher
One who, or that which, quenches. Hammond.
- concurrences1/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- opalescence1/5
opalescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
iridescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- resequencing1/5
- recommences1/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- penciling1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- disenchanting1/5
disenchanting
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
disillusioning.
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
- preemergence1/5
- eigenfrequency1/5
- benevolences1/5
benevolence
- noun disposition to do good
- noun an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- noun disposition to do good
- detumescence1/5
detumescence
- noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
- noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
- sentencer1/5
sentencer
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
- muenchen1/5
muenchen
- noun the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
Munich.
- noun the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
- rhombencephalon1/5
rhombencephalon
- noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
hindbrain.
- noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
- impenitence1/5
impenitence
- noun the trait of refusing to repent
impenitency.
- noun the trait of refusing to repent
- intrenchment1/5
intrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
entrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- resentencing1/5
resentencing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- incoherences1/5
incoherence
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherency.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherency; unintelligibility.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- impertinences1/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- expediencies1/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- resplendence1/5
resplendence
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
resplendency; glory.
- the glory of the sunrise
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
- stenches1/5
stench
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
foetor; stink; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek.
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- prosencephalon1/5
prosencephalon
- noun the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
forebrain.
- noun the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
- detergency1/5
detergency
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
detergence.
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
- collenchyma1/5
collenchyma
(Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
- multivalence1/5
multivalence
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; multivalency; polyvalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- transcendency1/5
transcendency
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendence.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
transcendence; superiority.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- quenchless1/5
quenchless
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
unquenchable.
- unquenchable thirst
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
- intrench1/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- sentencers1/5
sentencer
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
- audiencias1/5
- recipiency1/5
recipiency
The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
- contingence1/5
contingence
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
contingency; eventuality.
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- recommencing1/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- elenchi1/5
elenchi
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ethnoscience1/5
- purulence1/5
purulence
- noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
purulency.
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
festering; sanies; suppuration; ichor; pus.
- noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
- regence1/5
- unreferenced1/5
- efference1/5
- aerenchyma1/5
- preconference1/5
- frenchies1/5
- stringencies1/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- incoherencies1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- recommencement1/5
recommencement
- noun beginning again
resumption.
- noun beginning again
- indigency1/5
indigency
Indigence. New indigencies founded upon new desires. South.
- pencilling1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- intermittence1/5
intermittence
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
intermittency.
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
- frequence1/5
frequence
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequency.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- credences1/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- inconveniency1/5
inconveniency
Inconvenience.
- antiscience1/5
- disenchant1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- radiolucencies1/5
radiolucencies
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- putrescence1/5
putrescence
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
rottenness; corruption; putridness.
- noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
rottenness.
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
- intrenching1/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- subagency1/5
subagency
A subordinate agency.
- totipotency1/5
totipotency
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
totipotence.
- animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
- inexpediency1/5
inexpediency
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
inexpedience.
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
- disencumbered1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- reexperienced1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- fencepost1/5
fencepost
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- incoherency1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- metencephalon1/5
metencephalon
- noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
- noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
- tenpence1/5
tenpence
- noun a decimal coin worth ten pennies
- noun a decimal coin worth ten pennies
- intendencia1/5
intendencia
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- inclemencies1/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- cenchrus1/5
cenchrus
- noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
genus Cenchrus.
- noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
- sistence1/5
sistence
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- conveniencies1/5
conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
- perseverence1/5
- inherency1/5
inherency
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
inherence.
- the inherence of polysemy in human language
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
- myelencephalon1/5
myelencephalon
- noun the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
- noun the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
- hypersomnolence1/5
- lucencies1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
- penchants1/5
penchant
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; preference.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a strong liking
- dereferenced1/5
- divulgence1/5
divulgence
- noun the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
divulgement.
- noun the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
- incipiency1/5
incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipience.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- inadvertency1/5
inadvertency
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
- fivepence1/5
fivepence
- noun a coin worth five cents
- noun a coin worth five cents
- redolence1/5
redolence
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; fragrancy; sweetness; fragrance.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- refulgence1/5
refulgence
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; radiance; refulgency; radiancy.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- rencounter1/5
rencounter
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.
- experienceable1/5
- corpulency1/5
corpulency
- noun more than average fatness
obesity; fleshiness.
- noun more than average fatness
- prepotency1/5
prepotency
- noun the state of being predominant over others
predominance; predomination.
- noun the state of being predominant over others
- mergence1/5
mergence
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- nonagency1/5
- nonindependence1/5
- covalency1/5
covalency
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
covalence.
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
- potence1/5
potence
- noun the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
potency.
- noun the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
- reticences1/5
reticence
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
taciturnity; reserve.
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- deliquescence1/5
deliquescence
The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
- diligences1/5
diligence
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; industriousness.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- divergency1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- fencerows1/5
- elenctic1/5
elenctic
(Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
- porencephaly1/5
- indifferency1/5
indifferency
Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone.To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller.
Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.
- defencelessness1/5
defencelessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
defenselessness; unprotectedness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- nonequivalence1/5
nonequivalence
- noun not interchangeable
- noun not interchangeable
- nigrescence1/5
- independencies1/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- pertinency1/5
pertinency
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinence; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- provencale1/5
provencale
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- sonoluminescence1/5
- sevenpence1/5
- complacencies1/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- suspence1/5
suspense
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
- noun an uncertain cognitive state
- the matter remained in suspense for several years
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
- exponence1/5
- negligences1/5
negligence
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; nonperformance; neglect.
- noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
neglectfulness; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- obediences1/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- compresence1/5
- sentiency1/5
sentiency
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sensory faculty; sentience; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- reencounter1/5
reencounter
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- postencephalitic1/5
- blenched1/5
blench
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; pale.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- eminency1/5
eminency
State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.
- fenceposts1/5
- abstinences1/5
abstinence
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
abstention.
- noun act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- nonencapsulated1/5
- backbenches1/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- deficiences1/5
deficience
Same as Deficiency .Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found. Milton.
- incipience1/5
incipience
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipiency.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- precedences1/5
precedence
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedency.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; anteriority; priority; antecedence; precedency.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- indifferences1/5
indifference
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
stolidity; impassiveness; unemotionality; impassivity; emotionlessness; phlegm.
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- wrenchingly1/5
wrenching
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
racking.
- a wrenching pain
- verb twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
twist; wrench.
- wrench a window off its hinges
- wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
- a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
- apparency1/5
apparency
- noun the property of being apparent
apparentness.
- noun the property of being apparent
- opponency1/5
opponency
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. Eng. Todd.
- wenching1/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- percipience1/5
percipience
The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning.
- sundrenched1/5
- defenceman1/5
- provencals1/5
provencal
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Occitan.
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
- ardency1/5
ardency
Heat. R. Sir T. Herbert.
- multivalency1/5
multivalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- correspondency1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- counterviolence1/5
- subsidences1/5
subsidence
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
remittal; remission.
- his cancer is in remission
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
settling; subsiding.
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- multicurrency1/5
- nomenclator1/5
nomenclator
One who calls persons or things by their names. ✍ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
- inappetence1/5
inappetence
Want of appetency; want of desire.
- inconsistence1/5
inconsistence
Inconsistency.
- nonpresence1/5
- disenchantments1/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- fencerow1/5
fencerow
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ambiences1/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- disencumber1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- vicegerency1/5
vicegerency
The office of a vicegerent. South.
- congruencies1/5
- fencible1/5
fencible
(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
- arborescence1/5
arborescence
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the .arborescence produced by precipitating silver
- convergency1/5
convergency
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergence.
- noun the act of converging (coming closer)
convergence; converging.
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- rejuvenescence1/5
rejuvenescence
A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
- concupiscences1/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- resurgences1/5
resurgence
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
revivification; revitalisation; revival; revitalization.
- the revival of trade
- a revival of a neglected play by Moliere
- the Gothic revival in architecture
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
- querencia1/5
- clairsentience1/5
- pseudosciences1/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- defervescence1/5
defervescence
- noun abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
- noun abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
- kremenchug1/5
- nonacquiescence1/5
nonacquiescence
Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
- proveniences1/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- imprudences1/5
imprudence
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- fulgence1/5
fulgence
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- surgency1/5
surgency
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- respondence1/5
respondence
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- incontinency1/5
incontinency
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
incontinence.
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
- insistences1/5
insistence
- noun continual and persistent demands
insisting.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; imperativeness.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun continual and persistent demands
- reconvergence1/5
- noncoincidence1/5
noncoincidence
Lack of coincidence.
- insistency1/5
insistency
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the act of insisting on something
insistence.
- insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
- tangencies1/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- adherences1/5
adherence
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adhesion; attachment.
- attachment to a formal agenda
- adherence to a fat-free diet
- the adhesion of Seville was decisive
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adhesiveness; adhesion; bond.
- the mutual adhesiveness of cells
- a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- efflorescences1/5
efflorescence
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
- noun any red eruption of the skin
skin rash; roseola; rash.
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- intumescence1/5
intumescence
- noun swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
intumescency.
- noun the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
intumescency; swelling.
- noun swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
- semienclosed1/5
- intelligencers1/5
intelligencer
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.
- continency1/5
continency
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
continence.
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- appetency1/5
appetency
- noun a feeling of craving something
appetite; appetence.
- an appetite for life
- the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
- noun a feeling of craving something
- gyrofrequency1/5
- presidence1/5
presidence
See Obs.Presidency .
- subsistences1/5
subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- social security provided only a bare subsistence
- noun a means of surviving
- farming is a hard means of subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- coinherence1/5
- idempotency1/5
- prevalency1/5
prevalency
See Prevalence .
- flamencos1/5
flamenco
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- noun a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
gypsy dancing.
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- independences1/5
independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independency.
- noun the successful ending of the American Revolution
- they maintained close relations with England even after independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- nascence1/5
nascence
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; birth.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the event of being born
- lawrencium1/5
lawrencium
- noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium
Lr; atomic number 103.
- noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium
- repellence1/5
repellence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- semence1/5
semence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- advertence1/5
advertence
- noun the process of being heedful
advertency.
- noun the process of being heedful
- conferenced1/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- fenceless1/5
fenceless
Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.
- sithence1/5
sithence
Since. See Obs. Piers Plowman.Sith , andSithen .
- dehiscences1/5
dehiscence
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- nonconvergence1/5
- coexistences1/5
- vehemency1/5
vehemency
Vehemence. R.The vehemency of your affection. Shak.
- lench1/5
lench
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- flatulency1/5
flatulency
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
gas; flatulence.
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- superintendencies1/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- pencraft1/5
pencraft
Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
- transcendences1/5
transcendence
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendency.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
superiority; transcendency.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- equipollence1/5
equipollence
Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.
- pencillings1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- impermanency1/5
impermanency
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
impermanence.
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
- frontbench1/5
frontbench
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- eurocurrencies1/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- penche1/5
penche
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- magniloquence1/5
magniloquence
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; grandiloquence; rhetoric; ornateness.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- chlorenchyma1/5
chlorenchyma
- noun parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts
- noun parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts
- trencherman1/5
trencherman
- noun a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
gourmandizer; glutton; gourmand.
- noun a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- insolences1/5
insolence
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall.
- noun an offensive disrespectful impudent act
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- omnipotency1/5
omnipotency
The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? Pope.
- countertransferences1/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- frenches1/5
french
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- noun the people of France
French people.
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- anticoincidence1/5
- resentenced1/5
- saliences1/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- hencoop1/5
hencoop
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
coop; chicken coop; henhouse.
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
- dereferences1/5
- porencephalic1/5
- cadencing1/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- rhinencephalon1/5
rhinencephalon
- noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
olfactory brain.
- noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
- ascendence1/5
ascendence
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- imminency1/5
imminency
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
imminentness; forthcomingness; impendence; imminence; impendency.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- prosencephalic1/5
prosencephalic
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
- incompetencies1/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- saliencies1/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- nonresidence1/5
nonresidence
The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift.
- permanences1/5
permanence
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanency.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- presentencing1/5
- whencesoever1/5
whencesoever
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke.
- licencees1/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- frenchification1/5
- unintelligence1/5
unintelligence
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. Bp. Hall.
- spences1/5
spence
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
- frenched1/5
french
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- noun the people of France
French people.
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- desinence1/5
desinence
Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.
- incumbencies1/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- recalescence1/5
- omnicompetence1/5
omnicompetence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- inconscience1/5
- benchwork1/5
- pruriency1/5
pruriency
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- trenchancy1/5
trenchancy
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
incisiveness.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
- cadency1/5
cadency
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
cadence.
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
- covalence1/5
covalence
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
covalency.
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
- indulgencies1/5
- correspondencies1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- frequences1/5
frequence
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequency.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- magnificences1/5
magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- polyvalency1/5
polyvalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
multivalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
polyvalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- coregency1/5
- degenerescence1/5
- nontransparency1/5
- extraparenchymal1/5
- coalescences1/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- nonpreference1/5
- effluences1/5
effluence
- noun the process of flowing out
efflux; outflow.
- noun the process of flowing out
- meningoencephalocele1/5
meningoencephalocele
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sistency1/5
sistency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- renascences1/5
renascence
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renaissance.
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; rebirth.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- acquiesence1/5
acquiesence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fayence1/5
- unlicenced1/5
unlicenced
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
unaccredited; unlicensed.
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
- clarenceux1/5
clarenceux
(Her.) See King-at-arms .
- opencircuit1/5
- leukoencephalitis1/5
leukoencephalitis
- noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain
- noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain
- turgescence1/5
turgescence
The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent. Sir T. Browne.
- unsequenced1/5
- quintessences1/5
quintessence
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
ether.
- noun the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- kench1/5
kench
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fluencies1/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- efficience1/5
efficience
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.
- resentence1/5
resentence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- preencounter1/5
- nonconference1/5
- disenchants1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- sclerenchymatous1/5
sclerenchymatous
(Bot. & Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
- noncorrespondence1/5
noncorrespondence
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vergences1/5
vergences
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- pencey1/5
- countertendencies1/5
countertendencies
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- sequency1/5
sequency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- counterinsurgencies1/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- reexperiences1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- nonfluency1/5
- reoccurrences1/5
reoccurrences
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recommencer1/5
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