Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 27
Encrinal (a.) Alt. of Encrinital
Encrinital (a.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.
Encrinite (n.) A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
Encrinitic (a.) Alt. of Encrinitical
Encrinitical (a.) Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.
Encrinoidea (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
Encrini (n. pl. ) of Encrinus
Encrinus (n.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
Encrisped (a.) Curled.
Encroached (imp. & p. p.) of Encroach
Encroaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroach
Encroach (n.) Encroachment. [Obs.] -- South.
Encroach (v. i.) [(+on/ upon)] 侵入；侵佔；超出通常界限；侵蝕 To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. -- South.
Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. -- Hooker.
Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. -- Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
Encroach (v.) Advance beyond the usual limit [syn: {encroach}, {infringe}, {impinge}].
Encroach (v.) Impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: {impinge}, {encroach}, {entrench}, {trench}].
Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
Encroacher (n.) Someone who enters by force in order to conquer [syn: {invader}, {encroacher}].
Encroachingly (adv.) By way of encroachment.
Encroachingly (adv.) In an encroaching manner.
Encroachment (n.) 侵入，侵佔；侵蝕 [U] [C] [（+on/ upon）] The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. -- Bancroft.
Encroachment (n.) That which is taken by encroaching on another.
Encroachment (n.) (Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
Encroachment (n.) Any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn: {invasion}, {encroachment}, {intrusion}].
Encroachment (n.) Entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: {trespass}, {encroachment}, {violation}, {intrusion}, {usurpation}].
Encroachment (n.) Influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: {impingement}, {encroachment}, {impact}].
Encroachment (n.) An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another; as, when a man sets his fence beyond his line; in this case the proper remedy for the party injured is an action of ejectment, or an action of trespass.
Encrust (v. t.) To incrust. See Incrust.
Encrustment (n.) That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.
Encrypyt (v.) [With object] 將……譯成密碼 Convert (information or data) into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.
‘All calls will be digitally encrypted to make eavesdropping impossible.’
‘Encrypted data.’
Compare: Eavesdropping
Eavesdropping (n.) 偷聽；eavesdrop的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Eavesdropping is the act of secretly or stealthily listening to the private conversation or communications of others without their consent. [1] The practice is widely regarded as unethical, and in many jurisdictions is illegal.
Encrypyt (v.) [With object] (Encrypt something in) Conceal data in (something) by converting it into a code.
‘The password cannot be broken as it is encrypted in the hardware.’
Compare: Conceal
Conceal (v.) [With object] 隱蔽，隱藏；隱瞞 [（+from）] [+wh-] Not allow to be seen; hide.
‘A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea.’
Conceal (v.) [With object] Prevent (something) from being known; keep secret.
‘They were at great pains to conceal that information from the public.’
Encryption (n.) 【電腦】加密 Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext (encrypted message) in order to prevent any but the intended recipient from reading that data.
Schematically, there are two classes of encryption primitives: public-key cryptography and private-key cryptography; they are generally used complementarily. Public-key encryption algorithms include RSA; private-key algorithms include the obsolescent {Data Encryption Standard}, the Advanced Encryption Standard, as well as RC4.
The Unix command crypt performs a weak form of encryption. Stronger encryption programs include Pretty Good Privacy and the GNU Privacy Guard.
Other closely related aspects of cryptograph include message digests.
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Encryption (n.) The process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key.
Note: Encryption is used commonly to allow messages to be transmitted between parties at a distance without permitting others to read and understand the message. It is also used to make data more secure from possible discovery and uninterpretable by unauthorized people accessing the data. In order to read an encrypted message, a party normally requires knowledge of both the method of encryption and the secret key, which may be a single word or more complex sequence of characters. Until recently, transmission of such secret messages required that the key be transmitted secretly by some seecure and reliable method to the party receiving the message. More recently, a mathematical method was discovered to allow a party to publish an encoding key (the public key) which allows anyone to encode a message, but the message thus encoded can only be decoded by the person possessing a corresponding key, called the private key. This two-key system is called the {public-key encryption} method.
Syn: encoding, coding, enciphering, ciphering, cyphering, writing in code.
Encryption (n.) 加密；（是指依據加密關鍵值，將數據包內的數據進行轉換，以防止數據被非授權者截獲，而非法得知數據內容） The activity of converting data or information into code [syn: {encoding}, {encryption}].
Compare: Decrypt
Decrypt (v.) [With object] 譯（電文）；解（密碼） Make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible.
‘The computer can be used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive transmissions.’
Compare: Decryption
Decryption (n.) 【電腦】解密 See Decrypt.
Compare: Intelligible
Intelligible (a.) 可理解的，明瞭的；清晰的 [（+to）] Able to be understood; comprehensible.
‘Use vocabulary that is intelligible to your audience.’
‘A barely intelligible reply.’
Intelligible (a.) (Philosophy) 【哲】僅能用智力了解的；超感覺的 Able to be understood only by the intellect, not by the senses.
Encumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Encumber
Encumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encumber
Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.
Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Encumberment (n.) Encumbrance.
Incumbrance (n.) [See {Encumbrance}.] [Written also {encumbrance}.] A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. -- Cowper.
Incumbrance (n.) (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
Encumbrance (n.) 妨礙；障礙；拖累 That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See {Incumbrance}.
Encumbrance (n.) (Law) Same as {Incumbrance}.
Syn: Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.
Encumbrance (n.) An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: {burden}, {load}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {onus}].
Encumbrance (n.) A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) [syn: {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}].
Encumbrance (n.) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: {hindrance}, {hinderance}, {hitch}, {preventive}, {preventative}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {interference}].
Encumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon an estate or property, so that it cannot be disposed of without being subject to it. A mortgage, a lien for taxes, are examples of encumbrances.
Encumbrance (n.) These do not affect the possession of the grantee, and may be removed or extinguished by a definite pecuniary value. See 2 Greenl. R. 22; 5 Greenl. R. 94.
Encumbrance (n.) There are encumbrances of another kind which cannot be so removed, such as easements for example, a highway, or a preexisting right to take water from, the land. Strictly speaking, however, these are not encumbrances, but appurtenances to estates in other lands, or in the language of the civil law, servitudes. (q.v.) 5 Conn. R. 497; 10 Conn. R. 422 15 John. R. 483; and see 8 Pick. R. 349; 2 Wheat. R. 45. See 15 Verm. R. 683; l Metc. 480; 9 Metc. 462; 1 App. R. 313; 4 Ala. 21; 4 Humph. 99; 18 Pick. 403; 1 Ala. 645; 22 Pick. 447; 11 Gill & John. 472.
Encumbrancer (n.) Same as Incumbrancer.
Encurtain (v. t.) To inclose with curtains.
-ency () A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.
Encyclic (a.) Alt. of Encyclical
Encyclical (a.) Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
Encyclic (n.) Alt. of Encyclical
Encyclical (n.) An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
Encyclopedia (n.) Alt. of Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia (n.) 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.
Encyclopediacal (a.) Encyclopedic.
Encyclopedian (a.) Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
Encyclopedic (a.) Alt. of Encyclopedical
Encyclopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
Encyclopedism (n.) The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences.
Encyst (v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.
Encystation (n.) Encystment.
Encysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
Encystment (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
Encystment (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.
End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.
End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
End (n.) Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
End (n.) The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; purpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
End (n.) That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Ended (imp. & p. p.) of End
Ending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of End
End (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
End (v. t.) To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
End (v. t.) To destroy; to put to death.
End (v. i.) To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.
Endable (a.) That may be ended; terminable.
End-all (n.) Complete termination.
Endamaged (imp. & p. p.) of Endamage
Endamaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endamage
Endamage (v. t.) 使受損 To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.]
The trial hath endamaged thee no way. -- Milton.
Endamageable (a.) Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]
Endamagement (n.) Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Endamnify (v. t.) To damnify; to injure.
Endangered (imp. & p. p.) of Endanger
Endangering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endanger
Endanger (v. t.) 危及；使遭到危險 To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.
Endanger (v. t.) To incur the hazard of; to risk.
Endangerment (n.) 危害；受到危險 Hazard; peril. -- Milton.
Endangerment (n.) A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: {hazard}, {jeopardy}, {peril}, {risk}, {endangerment}].
Endark (v. t.) To darken.
Endaspidean (a.) (Zo["o]l.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.
Compare: Scute
Scute (n.) [Zoology] 【動】鱗甲 A thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle's shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc.
‘Our recapture data indicated that Texas tortoises accumulate 1 annulus/ yr and the scute annuli technique is a useful indicator of age in this population.’
‘The higher estimate was based on growth curves from scute rings, which may have underestimated carapace growth, and a minimum size of females with eggs of 155 mm.’
Compare: Tarsus
Tarsus (n.) (Tarsi) [Anatomy]【解】跗骨；踝；瞼板 A group of small bones between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. They are the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid, and the three cuneiform bones.
‘Actually, it turns out that the ferrungulate tarsus is a fairly apt study for the understanding of ankles, assuming that one is apt to study such things at all.’
‘An influential contribution is that of Szalay, who linked Australian taxa to one group among the South American radiation, based on structure of the tarsus.’
Tarsus (n.) [Zoology] The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
Tarsus (n.) [Zoology] The foot or fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
Tarsus (n.) [Anatomy] A thin sheet of fibrous connective tissue which supports the edge of each eyelid.
‘A wedge of skin, orbicularis, and tarsus is removed parallel to the lid margin.’
Tarsus (proper noun) An ancient city in southern Turkey, the capital of Cilicia and the birthplace of St Paul. It is now a market town.
Compare: Proper noun
Proper noun (n.) (also Proper name) A name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with an initial capital letter, e.g. Jane, London, and Oxfam.
Endazzle (v. t.) To dazzle.
Endeared (imp. & p. p.) of Endear
Endearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endear
Endear (v. t.) 使親密，使受鐘愛 To make dear or beloved.
Endear (v. t.) To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.
Endear (v.) Make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to me".
Endearedly (adv.) 充滿深情地 With affection or endearment; dearly.
Endearedness (n.) State of being endeared.
Endearing (a.) Making dear or beloved; causing love.
Endearment (n.) 親愛，鐘愛 The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
Endearment (n.) The act of showing affection.
Endeavored (imp. & p. p.) of Endeavor
Endeavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endeavor
Endeavor (v. t.) 努力 To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. -- Ld. Chatham.
{To endeavor one's self}, To exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." --Latimer.
Endeavor (v. i.) 努力，力圖 [+to-v] To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
And such were praised who but endeavored well. -- Pope.
Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.
He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. -- Prescott.
Syn: To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
Endeavor (n.) 努力，盡力 [C] [U] [+to-v] An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
To employ all my endeavor to obey you. -- Sir P. Sidney.
{To do one's endeavor}, To do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." -- Fuller.
Syn: Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See {Attempt}.
Endeavor (n.) A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" [syn: {enterprise}, {endeavor}, {endeavour}].
Endeavor (n.) Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: {attempt}, {effort}, {endeavor}, {endeavour}, {try}].
Endeavor (v.) Attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" [syn: {endeavor}, {endeavour}, {strive}].
Endeavor (n.) Crim. law. An attempt. (q.v.) Vide Revolt.
Endeavorer (n.) One who makes an effort or attempt.
Endeavorment (n.) Act of endeavoring; endeavor.
Endecagon (n.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.
Endecagynous (a.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.
Endecane (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
Endecaphyllous (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
Endeictic (a.) Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.
Endeixis (n.) An indication.
Endemial (a.) Endemic.
Endemic (a.) Alt. of Endemical
Endemical (a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
Endemic (n.) An endemic disease.