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Encompassing :: Encompassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encompas.

Leg :: Leg (n.) That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers..

Compassing :: Compassing (a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers..

Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

Attain :: Attain (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest..

Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..

Circle :: Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Compress :: Compress (v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water..

Aspect :: Aspect (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south..

Compass :: Compass (n.) A circle; a continent.

Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment..

Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

Clement :: Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

Close :: Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..

Ophicleide :: Ophicleide (n.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas..

Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

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