encumbrance (n.)
- affliction
- albatross
- bale
- burden
- burthen
- care
- cargo
- charge
- client
- clog
- cross
- cumber
- cumbrance
- curse
- dependent
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- distress
- drag
- embarrassment
- freight
- gall
- grievance
- hamper
- handicap
- hardship
- hindrance
- impedance
- impediment
- impedimenta
- imposition
- inconvenience
- incubus
- incumbency
- infliction
- lading
- liability
- load
- loading
- lumber
- millstone
- obstacle
- obstruction
- onus
- oppression
- overload
- pack
- penalty
- pensionary
- pensioner
- pressure
- protege
- sorrow
- surcharge
- thorn
- trouble
- ward
- weight
- woe
