| ALERCE | • alerce n. The wood of the sandarac tree (Tetraclinis). • alerce n. The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis). • ALERCE n. (Spanish) the wood of the sandarach tree. |
| AMERCE | • amerce v. (Transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine. • amerce v. (Transitive) To punish; to make an exaction. • AMERCE v. to fine or punish. |
| COERCE | • coerce v. (Transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. • coerce v. (Transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. • coerce v. (Transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. |
| COMMERCE | • commerce n. (Business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise… • commerce n. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. • commerce n. (Obsolete) Sexual intercourse. |
| ECOMMERCE | • ecommerce n. Alternative form of e-commerce. • eCommerce n. Alternative spelling of e-commerce. • e-commerce n. (Internet, business) Commercial activity conducted via the Internet. |
| EFFIERCE | • EFFIERCE v. (Spenser) to make fierce, also ENFIERCE. |
| EMPERCE | • EMPERCE v. (Spenser) to pierce, also EMPIERCE. |
| EMPIERCE | • empierce v. (Now rare) To pierce through. • EMPIERCE v. (Spenser) to pierce, also EMPERCE. |
| ENFIERCE | • ENFIERCE v. (Spenser) to make fierce, also EFFIERCE. |
| FIERCE | • fierce adj. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. • fierce adj. Resolute or strenuously active. • fierce adj. Threatening in appearance or demeanor. |
| INHERCE | • INHERCE v. (Shakespeare) to enclose in a hearse, also INHEARSE, ENHEARSE. |
| PERCE | • perce v. Obsolete form of pierce. • Perce prop.n. A surname transferred from the given name. • Percé prop.n. A city and village in Quebec, Canada. |
| PIERCE | • pierce v. (Transitive) To puncture; to break through. • pierce v. (Transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry. • pierce v. (Transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly. |
| SESTERCE | • sesterce n. (Numismatics) A sestertius. • SESTERCE n. (Latin) a Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, also SESTERTIUS. |
| TERCE | • terce n. (Historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). • terce n. (Chiefly Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) The service appointed for this hour. • terce n. (Scotland, law) A widow’s right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of… |
| TIERCE | • tierce n. (Obsolete) A third. • tierce n. (Religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service. • tierce n. (Now historical) A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding… |
| TRANSPIERCE | • transpierce v. (Transitive) To pierce through; to pass through. • TRANSPIERCE v. to pierce through. |