Words That End With: NCES

• a sudden jarring impact

• move up and down repeatedly

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• a risk involving danger

• a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

• the possibility of future success

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• be the case by chance

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• give expression to

• a man who is engaged to be married

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

• a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

• the facial expression of sudden pain

• a reflex response to sudden pain

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• make a face indicating disgust or dislike

• a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

• a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

• a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce

• a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light