Abstract Nouns Ending in CE and Containing TE

This list gathers 107 English abstract nouns ending in CE and containing TE, such as Sentence, Intelligence, Existence, Maintenance, Interference, Attendance and Interface. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to explore examples of abstract vs. concrete nouns.

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Starts with A
7 words
attendance
appurtenance
antecedence
appetence
alternance
advertence
armipotence
Starts with C
20 words
competence
countenance
coexistence
centerpiece
counterintelligence
counterbalance
counterforce
counterevidence
countertransference
counterreconnaissance
counterviolence
counterinfluence
counterinstance
countervengeance
counterfeisance
counterassurance
counterpace
centripetence
counterfesaunce
counteracquittance
Starts with D
4 words
deterrence
discountenance
detergence
delitescence
Starts with E
2 words
existence
enterparlance
Starts with F
1 words
frutescence
Starts with H
1 words
hyperintelligence
Starts with I
23 words
intelligence
interference
interface
incompetence
insistence
impotence
interdependence
intemperance
inadvertence
immunocompetence
impenitence
intermittence
interspace
inexistence
inappetence
intercurrence
iterance
intendance
interfluence
interinfluence
intersubsistence
interindependence
inanimadvertence
Starts with L
2 words
lactescence
latescence
Starts with M
4 words
maintenance
misintelligence
misadvertence
mountenance
Starts with N
6 words
nonexistence
noninterference
nonattendance
nonsentence
noninterdependence
nonintermittence
Starts with O
4 words
omnipotence
omnicompetence
obmutescence
overinterference
Starts with P
8 words
persistence
penitence
preexistence
prepotence
potence
plenipotence
postemergence
presuperintendence
Starts with Q
1 words
quintessence
Starts with R
2 words
reiterance
renitence
Starts with S
7 words
sentence
subsistence
sustenance
superintendence
subsentence
subintelligence
sistence
Starts with T
11 words
temperance
teleconference
telepresence
tenpence
terce
tendance
technoference
tendence
tetravalence
telescience
temulence
Starts with U
3 words
utterance
unintelligence
undercountenance
Starts with W
1 words
whiteface

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