12 Letter Words for Encountering
encountering
11 Letter Words for Encountering
incongruent, nonerecting
10 Letter Words for Encountering
countering, encoignure, innocenter, internunce, neurogenic, nonenergic, nonenteric, noneugenic, nongeneric, nongenetic, nonuterine, recontinue, recounting, renouncing, unctioneer, unentering, ungerontic
9 Letter Words for Encountering
centering, centreing, centurion, congenite, congruent, continuer, cornutine, cornuting, cunninger, encounter, enouncing, gerontine, necronite, neutering, neutronic, nonrecent, nonregent, nontenure, nonurgent, ougenetic, reconning, renneting, renniogen, trouncing, unergetic, ungeneric
8 Letter Words for Encountering
ceinture, congener, congerie, congreet, contineu, continue, coregent, corneine, cornutin, cotenure, counting, countree, countrie, courting, cretonne, ecgonine, encoring, energico, entering, enuretic, erecting, erection, ergotine, erogenic, eructing, eruction, geniture, gentrice, gerontic, incenter, incentor, incogent, inconnue, incruent, ingruent, innocent, neotenic, neoteric, neurotic, neutrino, nitrogen, nocerite, nocturne, nongreen, noninert, ogenetic, outgreen, outreign, renotice, renounce, retuning, ringtone, roentgen, routeing, tenoning, tenuring, trunnion, uncenter, uncogent, uncoring, unentire, unerotic, unnoting, unrecent, urogenic
7 Letter Words for Encountering
centner, centure, cerning, cerotin, citrene, coenure, coenuri, cogener, cointer, coiture, coneine, congree, congrue, conning, contenu, conteur, contune, coreign, corinne, cornein, corning, cornute, cortege, cortine, coterie, cotrine, counite, counter, couring, creeing, cretion, cunenei, cunning, curtein, ecgonin, ecteron, enceint, energic, enginer, enounce, enteric, enteron, enticer, entoire, entonic, ergotic, ergotin, eucrite, eugenic, eugonic, genecor, generic, genetic, genetor, genitor, gentier, genuine, giterne, goutier, grecoue, grunion, guerite, guniter, inconnu, ingener, ingenue, integer, intoner, nectron, negrine, negrito, negroni, neurine, neurite, neutron, nocturn, norgine, noticer, nounier, nunting, nutrice, ogtiern, onegite, ouenite, outgrin, outring, recount, rection, renning, renting, retinge, retinue, reunion, reunite, ringent, roeneng, ronning, routine, routing, ruction, running, runnion, teening, teering, tenoner, tercine, terning, ternion, teucrin, tigrone, tonguer, touring, tournee, treeing, trigone, trounce, trucing, tueiron, tunning, turning, unction, unerect, ungreen, unicorn, uninert, unnegro, urgence, uterine
6 Letter Words for Encountering
ceinte, cenote, center, centon, centro, cerine, cering, cerite, cerote, certie, cierge, cinene, cinter, citron, cogent, coigne, coigue, coiner, coneen, congee, conger, conine, coning, conite, conner, connie, conter, contin, conure, coring, cornet, cornin, cortin, coteen, coting, courie, couter, cretin, crinet, cringe, cronet, cronie, crotin, croute, cruent, cuiter, cunner, cuorin, curiet, curine, curing, curite, curnie, econut, ecoute, ecurie, egriot, encore, engine, engirt, engore, engoue, ennoic, enoint, enring, enruin, entice, entier, entire, entone, entour, entrec, entune, eringo, erning, erotic, erucin, eucone, eurite, genion, gennet, geotic, gerent, geront, ginete, ginner, ginnet, goetic, goiter, gouter, griece, groten, gruine, guenon, guetre, gunite, gunnen, gunner, gunter, gurnet, ignore, ignote, incent, incute, ineunt, ingene, ingent, ingenu, ingnue, inguen, inogen, intern, intone, intron, intune, inturn, inunct, necton, negoce, nerine, nerite, neuric, neurin, neuron, neuter, nicene, nocent, noetic, nonene, nonent, nonrun, norice, norite, notice, noting, nuncio, octene, octine, onning, orcein, orcine, oretic, orient, outing, outrig, recent, recite, recoin, regent, region, rengue, rennet, rennin, renone, retine, retune, rigout, rincon, roncet, roting, rounce, rounge, rueing, rugine, runite, runnet, runtee, teeing, tenner, tenore, tenrec, tenure, tercio, tierce, tignon, tinger, tinnen, tinner, toeier, toeing, tonger, tongue, tonier, toning, tonner, tourie, tourne, tricon, triene, trigon, triune, trogue, truing, truong, tunier, tuning, tunner, tunnor, tureen, turing, turion, turnon, uncite, uncoin, uncore, ungone, uniter, unnice, unrein, unrent, unring, untine, untire, untone, untorn, untrig, uretic, urgent, urning, uronic
5 Letter Words for Encountering
ceint, centi, cento, centu, cerge, cerin, cerne, cetin, citee, citer, cogie, cogit, cogue, coign, coing, coner, conge, conin, conne, connu, conte, contg, contr, corge, corgi, corni, cornu, count, coure, court, creen, crete, crine, crone, crout, cruet, crunt, ctene, cuing, cunei, cunit, cunni, curet, curie, curin, curio, cuter, cutie, cutin, egret, eigne, enent, engin, ennui, enorn, enrut, enter, entre, erect, ergon, ergot, ering, eruct, erugo, etrog, eucre, eucti, genet, genic, genie, genin, genio, genit, genre, genro, gerne, giron, goier, goner, gonne, gorce, goric, goter, grece, greco, green, greet, grein, greit, grete, grice, grint, griot, groin, grone, gront, grote, grout, grunt, guiro, gunne, incog, incor, incur, incut, inert, inger, ingot, inner, innet, inone, inorg, inrun, inter, intro, intue, inure, inurn, iortn, irene, irone, necro, neger, negro, neter, nguni, nicer, niece, niger, niner, ninon, nintu, ninut, niter, niton, nitro, noint, noire, nonce, nonet, nonic, noreg, norge, norie, norit, noter, nucin, nunce, nunni, oenin, oncer, oncet, oncin, ontic, orcin, orgic, orgue, ounce, ourie, outen, outer, outre, recit, recon, recti, recto, recut, reget, regie, regin, reice, reign, reneg, renet, renig, renin, renne, rente, retie, retin, reune, ringe, rogue, ronin, ronne, ronte, rotge, rouen, rouge, route, ruing, runic, rutic, rutin, tecon, tenge, tengu, tenio, tenne, tenno, tennu, tenon, tenor, tenue, terce, tereu, terne, ticer, tiger, tigon, tinge, togue, toner, tonic, tonne, toric, tourn, treen, trice, trigo, trine, troic, tronc, trone, troue, truce, tuner, tungo, tunic, turco, turin, turio, ugric, unget, ungot, unice, uninn, union, unite, unnet, unorn, unrig, untie, untin, ureic, urent, urine, urite, uteri, utero
4 Letter Words for Encountering
cene, cent, cere, cern, cero, cert, cete, ceti, cine, cion, cire, cite, cito, coin, coir, coit, cone, cong, coni, conn, cont, core, corn, cort, cote, coue, cour, crig, crin, crit, crue, crut, ctge, cuir, cuit, cunt, cuon, cure, curn, curt, cute, econ, ecru, ecto, eger, eine, eire, engr, ento, entr, ergo, eric, erie, erin, erne, eruc, eten, etic, eton, etui, euge, euoi, eure, euro, geer, geet, geic, gein, geir, geit, gene, gent, genu, gere, gien, ginn, gire, girn, giro, girt, gite, gneu, goen, goer, gone, gore, gote, gout, gree, gren, gret, grin, grit, grot, grue, grun, gurn, gurt, icer, icon, incr, ingo, inne, inro, into, intr, iron, iter, iure, neer, neet, nein, nene, neon, nete, neti, neut, nice, nine, niog, nito, noir, none, nong, nore, nori, norn, note, noun, nout, nunc, nung, oeci, ogee, ogre, oint, once, oner, orig, otic, ourn, outr, rect, reen, reet, rego, regt, rein, reit, renn, reno, rent, rete, rgen, rice, rine, ring, riot, rite, roin, roit, rone, rong, ront, rotc, rote, roti, roue, roun, rout, ruen, ruin, rune, rung, runt, teen, teer, tegu, tene, teng, tern, tice, tien, tier, tige, tinc, tine, ting, tire, toge, tone, tong, tonn, torc, tore, tori, torn, toru, toug, toun, tour, tree, trie, trig, trin, trio, trog, tron, true, trug, trun, tune, tung, tuno, turn, unce, unci, unco, unct, ungt, unie, unio, unit, unto, urge, uric
3 Letter Words for Encountering
cee, cen, ceo, cer, cie, cig, cir, cit, cog, con, cor, cot, cro, crt, cru, cte, ctg, ctn, cto, ctr, cue, cun, cur, cut, ecg, eco, ect, ecu, eec, eeg, een, eer, ego, eir, enc, ene, eng, eon, ere, erg, ern, ert, etc, gee, gen, geo, ger, get, gie, gin, gio, git, gnu, goi, gon, gor, got, gou, gro, gtc, gte, gue, gui, gun, gur, gut, ice, ign, inc, ing, inn, int, ion, iou, ire, nco, nee, neg, nei, neo, net, nie, nig, nit, nne, nog, non, nor, not, nun, nur, nut, oct, oer, oie, one, oni, ont, orc, ore, org, ort, otc, oui, our, out, rct, rec, ree, reg, rei, rie, rig, rin, rio, rit, roc, roe, rog, roi, ron, rot, rte, rti, ruc, rue, rug, run, rut, tec, tee, teg, ten, ter, tgn, tic, tie, tig, tin, tiu, tng, toc, toe, tog, toi, ton, tor, tou, tri, tue, tug, tui, tun, tur, ugt, uit, unc, ung, uni, unn, ure, urn, utc, ute, uti
Definitions for Encountering
[1] to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
[2] to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.): We encounter so many problems in our work.
[3] to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict: We will encounter the enemy at dawn.
[4] to meet, especially unexpectedly or in conflict: We were angry when we encountered, but we parted with smiles.
[5] a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
[6] a meeting of persons or groups that are in conflict or opposition; combat; battle: Another such encounter and we may lose the war.
[7] Psychology . a meeting of two or more people, as the members of an encounter group or a number of married couples (marriage encounter) , conducted to promote direct emotional confrontations among the participants, especially as a form of therapy (encounter therapy) .
[8] to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly
[9] to come into conflict with (an enemy, army, etc) in battle or contest
[10] (tr) to be faced with; contend with he encounters many obstacles in his work
[11] a meeting with a person or thing, esp when casual or unexpected
[12] a hostile meeting; contest or conflict
Words related to Encountering
encounterinterview, confrontation, rendezvous, violence, combat, clash, contest, run-in, battle, skirmish, bout, dispute, action, conflict, quarrel, detect, confront, experience, face, bear
Words nearby Encountering
encounterencomienda, encomium, encompass, encopresis, encore, encounter, encounter group, encounter session, encourage, encouragement, encrimson
Origin of Encountering
1250–1300; Middle English encountren < Anglo-French enco(u)ntrer; Old French < Vulgar Latin *incontrāre, equivalent to in- in-1 + -contrāre, derivative of contrā against; see counter3
Other words from Encountering
en·coun·ter·er , noun
pre·en·coun·ter , noun, verb (used with object)
re·en·coun·ter , verb, noun
un·en·coun·tered , adjective
Word origin for Encountering
C13: from Old French encontrer, from Vulgar Latin incontrāre (unattested), from Latin in- ² + contrā against, opposite
Synonyms for Encountering
bear, bump into, come across, come upon, confront, detect, experience, face, find, meet, run into, suffer, turn up, close, descry, espy, front, sustain, undergo, alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run smack into
