12-Letter Words Ending With CE

Here's the list of all the 143 12-Letter Words Ending With CE in the English Language.

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intelligence
1. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
2. a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
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independence
1. freedom from control or influence of another or others
2. the successful ending of the American Revolution
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surveillance
1. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
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significance
1. the quality of being significant
2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
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interference
1. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
2. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
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neuroscience
1. the scientific study of the nervous system
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circumstance
1. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
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fluorescence
1. light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
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incontinence
1. involuntary urination or defecation
2. indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
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acquaintance
1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
2. a relationship less intimate than friendship
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indifference
1. unbiased impartial unconcern
2. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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perseverance
1. persistent determination
2. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
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incompetence
1. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
2. inability of a part or organ to function properly
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disobedience
1. the failure to obey
2. the trait of being unwilling to obey
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obsolescence
1. the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
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luminescence
1. light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
2. light from nonthermal sources
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predominance
1. the state of being predominant over others
2. the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
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transference
1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
2. transferring ownership
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magnificence
1. splendid or imposing in size or appearance
2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
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quintessence
1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
2. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
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extravagance
1. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
2. the trait of spending extravagantly
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inexperience
1. lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
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acquiescence
1. acceptance without protest
2. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
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clairvoyance
1. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
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reminiscence
1. a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
2. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
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frontispiece
1. an ornamental facade
2. front illustration facing the title page of a book
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reappearance
1. the event of something appearing again
2. the act of someone appearing again
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happenstance
1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
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12-Letter Words Ending With CE