8-Letter Words Ending: ENCES

• the action of attacking an enemy

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• the close of a musical section

• a recurrent rhythmical series

• (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

• (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)

• glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• authorize officially

• the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse