Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z enlessen to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen. enlevement The abduction of a woman or child. enlicitide A drug used to treat hypercholesterolemia. enlight To illuminate. enlighten To supply with light. enlightenable That can be enlightened. enlightened Educated or informed. enlightenedly In an enlightened manner. enlightenedness The quality of being enlightened. enlightener One who, or that which, enlightens. enlightening Serving to enlighten. enlighteningly In an enlightening way. enlightenment An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. Enlil A chief deity listed and written about in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Canaanite and other Mesopotamian clay and stone tablets; the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth. enlimn To adorn (a book, manuscript, etc.) with coloured and decorated letters and/or figures. enlink To connect together, by, or as if by links. enlinked Joined together, linked. enlinkment The act of linking together; linkage. enlist To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. enlisted Belonging to the military, but not as a commissioned officer. enlistee A person who enlists (or is enlisted), especially into the armed forces enlister One who enlists. enlistment The act of enlisting. enlive To enliven. enliven To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate. enlivener That which enlivens. enlivening The process of making something more lively. enliveningly In an enlivening way. enlivenment The act of enlivening; animation enlock To lock up. enlodge Synonym of lodge (“firmly fix in a position”). Enloe A surname. Enlow A surname. enlumine To illumine; to light up. enm Pornography depicting such a situation. Enma The Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.) Enman A surname. enmarble To turn to marble; to make as hard as marble; to harden. enmassed Gathered in a mass. enmein A diterpenoid found in Isodon eriocalyx. enmesh To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner. enmeshed tangled or twisted together. enmeshing The process by which something is enmeshed or entangled. enmeshment The state of being enmeshed; entanglement. enmetazobactam A particular beta-lactamase inhibitor. enmilden Render lenient or less severe. enmind To bring to mind; to perceive or envision consciously. enminded Sentient; capable of conscious thought. enmingle To mingle in or into; comingle; mix enmire To immerse in mire; to bog down. enmired Immersed in mire; bogged down. enmist To encircle in mist, or as if by mist; to mist up enmity The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition. enmoisten Synonym of moisten. Enmore A village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England. enmossed Covered with moss. enmuffle To muffle. Enna A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy. ennage The number of ens involved in a typesetting job. Ennals A surname. ennaton The ninth segment of an insect. enneachord An ancient Greek nine-stringed musical instrument. enneacontagon A polygon with 90 sides and 90 angles. enneacontahedral Having the form of an enneacontahedron. enneacontahedron A polyhedron with 90 faces. enneacontahexagon A polygon with ninety six sides and ninety six angles. ennead The number nine. enneadecaeteris A Metonic cycle. enneadecagon A polygon with nineteen sides and nineteen angles. enneadecahedron A polyhedron with nineteen faces. enneadecaphobia Fear of the number nineteen. enneadic Of, relating to, or being an ennead. enneagon Synonym of nonagon (“a polygon with nine sides”). enneagonal In the form of an enneagon; having nine angles. enneagram A nine-pointed stellate polygon enneagrammatic Relating to enneagrams. enneahedral Having nine sides. enneahedron A polyhedron with nine faces. ennealogy A set of nine works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as nine individual works. enneameter A line of verse containing nine metrical feet enneandrous Having nine stamens. enneapetalous Having nine petals. enneaploid Synonym of nonaploid. Enneapylon A wall or fortress supposed to have been built by the Pelasgians, after levelling the summit of the rock on the Acropolis of Athens. enneastyle Having nine columns. enneastylos A building with nine columns. enneasyllabic Having nine syllables. enneasyllable line of verse with nine syllables enneatical Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. enneatonic Based on nine tones. enneatype A person's personality type according to the Enneagram of Personality. Enneking A surname from German. Ennen A surname from German. enneract A nine-dimensional hypercube Ennerdale A valley in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England. ennew To make new. Enngonia A locality in the Bourke council area and the Brewarrina council area, northern New South Wales, Australia. enniantin Any of a family of cyclohexadepsipeptide produced by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum enniatin Any of a class of organic compounds found in Fusarium fungi, appearing in nature as mixtures of cyclic depsipeptides. enniche To place in a niche, or as in a niche. ennichi A day to have a special connection with a particular Japanese deity. Ennis A town in and the county town of County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3377). Enniscorthy A town in County Wexford, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 9739). Enniskerry A village in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2217). Enniskillen A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 2444). Ennistymon A market town in County Clare, Ireland. ennoble To bestow with nobility, honour or grace. ennobled Having been made more noble; improved. ennoblement The state of being noble ennobler One who ennobles. ennobling Acting or tending to ennoble. ennoblingly In an ennobling manner. ennoblize To ennoble. ennog An alley situated between terraced houses. Enns A river in Austria, a southern tributary of the Danube. ennui A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. Eno A surname enoate Any salt or ester of an enoic acid. Enobakhare A male given name in Nigeria. enoch an iron sledgehammer Enochian Of or relating to a system of ceremonial magic involving the evocation and commanding of various spirits, and based on the 16th-century writings of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley. Enochic Of or relating to the biblical Enoch. enochlophobia Fear of crowds. enocitabine A nucleoside analogue used in chemotherapy. enocyanin An anthocyanin responsible for the colour of black grapes and thus of red wine. enodal Without a node. enodation An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying. enode To clear of knots; to make clear. Enoesque Reminiscent of the work of Brian Eno (born 1948), English musician best known for his pioneering work in electronic and ambient music. enoil To coat or anoint with oil. enoiling The action of anointing a person with oil. enoki An enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes). enokitake enoki mushroom enol An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom. Enola A female given name. enolase A metalloenzyme responsible for the catalysis of phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate during glycolysis enolate any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone enolboration Any addition reaction of an enol borinate. enolic Pertaining to, or derived from, an enol. enolicam A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. enolimine Any compound that is both an enol and an imine enolised Converted to the tautomeric enol enolizable That may be converted into an enol or enolate. enolization The conversion of a ketone into an enol enolize To become an enol or enolate, often through isomerization. enolized Converted into an enol enolpyruvate The enol form of a pyruvate enolpyruvyl A univalent radical derived from an enolpyruvate enomotarch The commander of an enomoty. Enomoto A surname from Japanese.