limit, control, keep in check, delimit, restrict, confine
Device
Bayou.
connecting a word to another word
Words similar in meaning to "encompasses" are "includes", "surrounds", and "contains".
Another word for encompass is include. Encompass can have a few different meanings ranging from encircling something to causing something to occur.
One word that contains -lend is blend. Another is blender.
Device
"Information-rich" is another word that can be used to describe something that contains a lot of information.
Bayou.
tree
Jacquard is one word that contains both a J and a Q. Jonquil is another.
homopathic, homopathy
Racism
Kid.
voldemort
connecting a word to another word
The only word I know of is hasheesh, another name for canabis