| ANCRESS | • ancress n. Obsolete form of anchoress (“female anchorite”). • ANCRESS n. a female anchorite, one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCHORESS. |
| CHANCRE | • chancre n. (Pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis. • CHANCRE n. (French) a hard nodular swelling, esp. one that develops in the primary stage of syphilis. |
| CONCREW | • concrew v. (Obsolete, nonce word) To grow together. • CONCREW v. (archaic) to grow together. |
| DOWNCRY | • DOWNCRY v. to denigrate or disparage. |
| ENCRATY | • ENCRATY n. (Greek) self-control. |
| ENCRUST | • encrust v. (Transitive) To cover with a hard crust. • encrust v. (Intransitive) To form a crust. • encrust v. (Transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving… |
| ENCRYPT | • encrypt v. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher. • ENCRYPT v. to put a message into code. |
| INCROSS | • incross n. An organism formed by close inbreeding. • incross v. To breed incrosses. • INCROSS v. to produce by crossing two inbred individuals of different breeds, also INCROSSBREED. |
| INCRUST | • incrust v. Alternative form of encrust. • INCRUST v. to cover with a crust, also ENCRUST. |
| UNCRATE | • uncrate v. To remove from a crate. • UNCRATE v. to remove from a crate. |
| UNCRAZY | • uncrazy adj. Not crazy. • UNCRAZY adj. not crazy. |
| UNCROSS | • uncross v. (Transitive) To move something, especially one’s arms or legs, from a crossed position. • uncross v. (Transitive) To undo the crossing or traversal of. • UNCROSS v. to change from a crossed position. |
| UNCROWN | • uncrown v. To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status. • uncrown v. To remove a crown from (often figuratively). • UNCROWN v. to deprive of a crown. |