encouraging
— Adjective
– English
~ giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
encouraging
— Adjective
– English
~ furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
encouragingly
— Adverb
– English
~ in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student"
encroach
— Verb
– English
~ impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
encroach
— Verb
– English
~ advance beyond the usual limit
encroacher
— Noun
– English
~ someone who enters by force in order to conquer
encroaching
— Adjective
– English
~ gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
encroachment
— Noun
– English
~ entry to another's property without right or permission
encroachment
— Noun
– English
~ influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
encroachment
— Noun
– English
~ any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
encrust
— Verb
– English
~ cover or coat with a crust
encrust
— Verb
– English
~ decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
encrust
— Verb
– English
~ form a crust or a hard layer
encrustation
— Noun
– English
~ the formation of a crust
encrustation
— Noun
– English
~ a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation
— Noun
– English
~ a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
encrusted
— Adjective
– English
~ having a hardened crust as a covering
encrypt
— Verb
– English
~ convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
encryption
— Noun
– English
~ the activity of converting data or information into code