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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ENCRIMSO</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="encouragement"> encouragement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of being or feeling encouraged. Ex. The singer drew his encouragement from the audience. <DD> 2. something that gives hope, courage, or confidence. Ex. The faith of his first teacher in his voice was his only encouragement. <DD> 3. an urging on toward success; the act of encouraging. Ex. Such encouragement as she gave was grudging. </DL> <A NAME="encourager"> encourager, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that encourages. </DL> <A NAME="encouraging"> encouraging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that encourages; that increases hope or confidence. Ex. an encouraging report. adv. encouragingly. </DL> <A NAME="encrimson"> encrimson, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make crimson; redden. </DL> <A NAME="encrinite"> encrinite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fossil crinoid. Much of the world's marble is composed chiefly of fragments of encrinites. </DL> <A NAME="encroach"> encroach, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to go beyond proper or usual limits; make gradual inroads on. Ex. The sea encroached upon the shore and covered the beach. <DD> 2. to trespass upon the property or rights of another; intrude. Ex. The invading country encroached upon the territory of its neighbor. A good salesman does not encroach upon his customer's time. noun encroacher. </DL> <A NAME="encroachingly"> encroachingly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by encroachment. </DL> <A NAME="encroachment"> encroachment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an encroaching. Ex. The cliff was being worn away by the encroachments of the sea. The way the utility businesses can prevent any future "encroachment" is by giving good service at low cost themselves (Estes Kefauver). (SYN) infringement, trespass. <DD> 2. a thing taken by encroaching. </DL> <A NAME="encrust"> encrust, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to cover with a crust or hard coating. Ex. The inside of the kettle is encrusted with lime. (SYN) overspread. <DD> 2. to form a crust on; form into a crust. Ex. The extremely cold weather during the night had encrusted the snow so that next morning it would bear our weight. <DD> 3. to decorate with a layer of costly material. Ex. The gold crown was encrusted with precious gems. <DD>v.i. to form a crust. Ex. The snow iced up and encrusted on the ground. <DD> Also, incrust. </DL> <A NAME="encrustation"> encrustation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an encrusting. <DD> 2. a being encrusted. <DD> 3. a crust or hard coating. (SYN) scale. <DD> 4. a decorative layer of costly material. Also, incrustation. </DL> <A NAME="encrusted"> encrusted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. forming a crust. Ex. encrusted ice, encrusted enamel. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) <DD> a. hardened; inflexible. Ex. encrusted prejudices. Outmoded restrictions and encrusted rules hobble the organization (New York Times). <DD> b. crabbed; crusty. Ex. an encrusted old bachelor. adv. encrustedly. </DL> <A NAME="encrypt"> encrypt, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to put into cipher or code. Ex. to encrypt a secret message. </DL> <A NAME="encryption"> encryption, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an encrypting; a putting signals or messages into cipher or code. </DL> <A NAME="encuerpo"> en cuerpo,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) <DD> 1. in the body. <DD> 2. without cloak, outer garment, or covering. </DL> <A NAME="encuirassed"> encuirassed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) furnished with a structure or outer coat like a cuirass, such as is developed by certain infusorians; loricate. </DL> <A NAME="enculturate"> enculturate, transitive verb, -rated, -rating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to subject to enculturation. </DL> <A NAME="enculturation"> enculturation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process by which a person becomes a part of his native culture. Ex. The family is a sounder, more efficient instrument in the enculturation of the young than all our nursery schools, radio and TV, movies and comics rolled into one (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="enculturative"> enculturative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with enculturation. Ex. Yet the enculturative experience is not terminated at the close of infancy (Melville J. Herskovits). </DL> <A NAME="encumber"> encumber, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to hold back (from running, doing, or being); hinder; hamper. Ex. Heavy shoes encumber a runner in a race. <DD> 2. to make difficult to use; fill; block up; obstruct. Ex. Rubbish and old boxes encumbered the fire escape. <DD> 3. to weigh down; burden with weight, difficulties, cares, or debt. Ex. Mother is encumbered with household cares. The farm was encumbered with a heavy mortgage. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to make complicated; complicate. Also, incumber. </DL> <A NAME="encumberment"> encumberment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of encumbering; obstruction; interference. </DL> <A NAME="encumbrance"> encumbrance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. something useless or in the way; hindrance; obstruction; burden. Ex. Shoes would be an encumbrance to a swimmer. She refused to think of her handicap as an encumbrance. (SYN) impediment. <DD> 2. a dependent person. Ex. The many encumbrances of a large family all living off of his small income, made it difficult to save any money. <DD> 3. (Law.) a claim, mortgage, or other limitation on property. Ex. An encumbrance can limit an owner's use of his property ... [and] require that a piece of land be used only for a church (William Tucker Dean). <DD> Also, incumbrance. </DL> <A NAME="encumbrancer"> encumbrancer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a person who holds an encumbrance. </DL> <A NAME="encurtain"> encurtain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to curtain; enclose with curtains. </DL> <A NAME="ency"> -ency,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) <DD> 1. (added to verbs) the act or fact of ______ing. Ex. Dependency = the act or fact of depending. <DD> 2. (added to adjectives ending in -ent) the quality or condition of being ______ent. Ex. Frequency = the condition of being frequent. <DD> 3. other meanings, as in agency, currency. </DL> <A NAME="ency"> ency., encyc., or encycl.,<DL COMPACT><DD> encyclopedia. </DL> <A NAME="encyclic"> encyclic, noun, adjective. =encyclical.</DL> <A NAME="encyclical"> encyclical, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a letter from the Pope to his bishops, stating the position of the church on important questions. <DD>adj. intended for wide circulation; general. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedia"> encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a book or set of books giving information on all branches of knowledge, or on certain wide fields, with articles arranged alphabetically. <DD> 2. a book treating one subject very thoroughly, with its articles arranged alphabetically. Ex. an encyclopedia of art. <DD> (Abbr:) ency., encyc., or encycl. Also, cyclopedia, cyclopaedia. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedic"> encyclopedic or encyclopaedic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. covering a wide range of subjects; possessing wide and varied information. Ex. an expert with encyclopedic knowledge. (SYN) comprehensive. <DD> 2. of or having to do with an encyclopedia. Also, cyclopedic, cyclopaedic. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedical"> encyclopedical or encyclopaedical, adjective. =encyclopedic.</DL> <A NAME="encyclopedically"> encyclopedically or encyclopaedically, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an encyclopedic manner; comprehensively. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedism"> encyclopedism or encyclopaedism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> encyclopedic learning; knowledge presented in an encyclopedic way. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedism"> Encyclopedism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines of the French Encyclopedists. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedist"> encyclopedist or encyclopaedist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or compiles an encyclopedia. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedist"> Encyclopedist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the writers of the French Encyclopedia edited by Denis Diderot and Jean de Roland d'Alembert and published between 1751 and 1780, expressing many radical ideas. </DL> <A NAME="encyclopedize"> encyclopedize or encyclopaedize, transitive verb, -dized, -dizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to treat, describe, or arrange as in an encyclopedia, or with encyclopedic fullness, accuracy, and system. Ex. to encyclopedize knowledge. </DL> <A NAME="encyst"> encyst, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst or sac. </DL> <A NAME="encystation"> encystation, noun. =encystment.</DL> <A NAME="encystedtumor"> encysted tumor,<DL COMPACT><DD> a tumor enclosed in a well-defined membrane. </DL> <A NAME="encystment"> encystment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an enclosing or becoming enclosed in a cyst or sac. <DD> 2. the state of being encysted. </DL> <A HREF="end.dic">NEXT</A>