| ABSENCE | • absence n. A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship. • absence n. The period of someone being away. • absence n. Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. |
| CADENCE | • cadence n. The act or state of declining or sinking. • cadence n. Balanced, rhythmic flow. • cadence n. The measure or beat of movement. |
| COGENCE | • cogence n. Cogency. • COGENCE n. the state of being cogent, also COGENCY. |
| DEFENCE | • defence n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury. • defence n. Something used to oppose attacks. • defence n. An argument in support or justification of something. |
| ESSENCE | • essence n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea. • essence n. (Philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory. • essence n. Constituent substance. |
| FAIENCE | • faience n. A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic. • faience n. (Archaeology) The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture… • faïence n. Alternative spelling of faience. |
| FAYENCE | • fayence n. Alternative form of faience. • FAYENCE n. (French) a type of glazed pottery, also FAIENCE. |
| FLUENCE | • fluence n. (Obsolete) Fluency. • fluence n. (Physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation). • fluence n. A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy. |
| LATENCE | • latence n. Obsolete form of latency. • LATENCE n. the state of being latent, also LATENCY. |
| LICENCE | • licence n. (UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore) Standard spelling of license. • licence v. (UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Misspelling of license. • LICENCE v. to issue or grant authoritative permission to, also LICENSE. |
| LUCENCE | • lucence n. Lucency; luminosity. • LUCENCE n. the quality of being lucent, also LUCENCY. |
| OFFENCE | • offence n. Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense. • OFFENCE n. a transgression. |
| POTENCE | • potence n. Power or strength; potency. • potence n. A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock. • potence n. (Heraldry) Synonym of crutch. |
| REFENCE | • refence v. To fence again or anew. • REFENCE v. to fence again. |
| REGENCE | • regence n. (Obsolete) rule. • Régence adj. Of or pertaining to the style of French furniture and decoration of c. 1680–1725, characteristic of… • REGENCE n. (obsolete) government. |
| SCIENCE | • science n. (Countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or… • science n. Specifically the natural sciences. • science n. (Uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. |
| SILENCE | • silence n. The absence of any sound. • silence n. The act of refraining from speaking. • silence n. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship. |
| UNFENCE | • unfence v. (Transitive) To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from. • UNFENCE v. to remove a fence. |
| URGENCE | • urgence n. Archaic form of urgency. • URGENCE n. (archaic) urgency. |
| VALENCE | • valence n. (Chemistry, medicine, obsolete) An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain… • valence n. (Chemistry) The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number… • valence n. (Chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen. |